Tour Triangle, also known as ''Projet Triangle'', or simply ''Triangle'', is a
skyscraper
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to be built in the exhibition site
Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles
The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is an exhibition and conference centre in Paris, France. It is located in the 15th arrondissement at Porte de Versailles Métro station between the Boulevard Périphérique and Boulevards of the Marshals. It i ...
in
Paris
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,
France
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. Designed by the Swiss agency
Herzog & de Meuron
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, it will take the shape of a tall glass pyramid with
trapezoid
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base, wide from one side and narrow from another. It will be the first tall building built in the city of Paris since the 1973
Tour Montparnasse
Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower), also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2 ...
. In 2021, the construction contract was awarded to
BESIX Group
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Its ...
.
Description
Tour Triangle will be a triangle-shaped building that culminates at .
[Joseph Ayoub]
Tour Triangle
, ''Whitezine'', 7 June 2012
The Swiss architecture practice Herzog & De Meuron, which had previously designed the
'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing, was chosen to design the project.
In April 2011, VIPARIS, the project owner, was given the green light for Triangle. The tower site is located next to Porte de Versailles in the “Parc des Expositions” (southwest of Paris).
The plans for the construction of the tower were initially rejected by Paris City councillors on 17 November 2014. A second ballot on the matter by the Paris City Council on 30 June 2015 approved the building. Critics of the Tour Triangle had opposed the project because of its controversial height. The 42-story project is to be the first skyscraper to be built in low-rise Paris in approximately 40 years since the construction of the
Tour Montparnasse
Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower), also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2 ...
, the scale of the latter which still provokes animosity amongst Parisians.
Architecture
Being 42 floors high, it would accommodate about 5,000 employees and host offices, street-level shops, panoramic observatories and a panoramic restaurant on the top floor.
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Sustainability and environmental quality
Tour Triangle is to be a sustainable skyscraper: It was designed to achieve a high energy performance and reach the HQE and BREEAM certifications. It would favor natural light, and generate one-fourth the CO2 of a standard building of its size.Tour Triangle
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References
External links
Paris Triangle: beyond the shadows of doubt
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Buildings and structures under construction in France
Skyscrapers in Paris
Pyramids in France
Herzog & de Meuron buildings
Buildings and structures in the 15th arrondissement of Paris
Skyscraper office buildings in France