The Paris Rive Gauche operation is a vast urban redevelopment project from the Austerlitz station to the périphérique, transforming 130 hectares of former industrial and railway wastelands into a contemporary neighborhood. The project enabled the creation of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the creation of the new Université Paris Diderot and the covering of the railway tracks to reconnect this territory to the rest of the city.
Paris Rive Gauche combines housing (including a significant portion of social housing), offices, shops and public facilities in a logic of urban mix. This emblematic project, still being built, is converting a formerly isolated area into a dynamic neighborhood, where timber-structured buildings such as the University of Chicago by Studio Gang or the housing by LAN, Moreau Kusunoki, Parc Architectes and AAVP coexist with spectacular rehabilitation projects such as Station F by Wilmotte and new Towers such as the Tour Duo by Nouvel.
Projects (excerpt)
National Library
This is the "flagship project" of the new "Paris Rive Gauche" district and a "Grand Project" from the Mitterrand era.
Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge by Dietmar Feichtinger
A footbridge with a span of 190 m, consisting of two synergistic elements, a very slender arch and a catenary suspension, which crosses the river, its banks, and high-speed tracks in a single stretch, without intermediate pillars.
StationF, Freysinnet and Wilmotte & Associates
A startup campus in a concrete hall from 1927 renovated by Wilmotte & Associates.
New Districts and New Urbanism
Paris Rive Gauche is divided into several districts entrusted to different urban planners including Christian de Portzamparc and Atelier Lion.
New University Campus
Discover the new university campus and Chicago University from Studio Gang: The John W. Boyer Center, an academic building at the University of Chicago. Built out of limestone in an innovative project designed as "vertical campus."
Home by Hammonic and Masson
"Home" is the first residential 'tower' built in Paris since the 1970s. It therefore carries great responsibility as the flagship of the new approach to vertical housing in urban environments.
Biodiversity Tower by Édouard François
This tower is covered with plants from wild natural areas and serves as seeding tool: it allows the wind to disperse pure seeds into the urban environment.
Duo Tower by Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Composed of two towers of 180 and 122 meters in height, or 39 and 27 floors, this project includes a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and retail. The tallest tower is the third highest building in the capital.
Bruneseau
Around the Duo Towers, the Bruneseau district aims to reconnect Paris and Ivry with mixed-use buildings featuring high environmental performance, including several wooden constructions by LAN, Moreau Kusunoki, AAVP....
For Groups up to 20
Half Day or Full Day
Buildings
Length of the visit
Price