Paris skyscraper plan

Re: Paris skyscraper plan


Whant you said in your above post:



From Le Figaro (28.10.07, page 30):
Brénac and Gonzalez thus imagined as a "hillock of the Vault, artificial, summarizes Xavier Gonzalez. A complex of buildings would include the peripheral, with programs on and under the boulevard. And on the hillock, four turns would come varying from 90 to 120 meters, as well as a large garden forming a green line between Paris and its suburbs".

Sorry, that is not clear to me..

no buildings are within the historic center?

I can find Bercy and La Chapelle on this map, and I'm gathering the buildings are right at the edge abutting the historic center, and perhaps under the peripheral road?







If not, then I'm not by definition opposed myself, though I might be if I understood more what those peripheral areas look like, and why Parisians are against such building. (As you know, I've never been to Paris).
From the images in the article, now that I surmise those areas are on the periphery, the buildings seem outsized re what is presently there. So, assuming they go ahead with these, it seems it will precipitate a lot of change in the Paris skyline. I can see the Parisians point.
Hmm, La Phare isn't that close, is it?

Does that height limit that is being broached cover the entire periphery?

La Phare would be La Défence

La Chapelle (18ème arrondissement), Bercy-Poniatowski (12ème) et Masséna-Bruneseau (13ème) - all more or less along the périphérique.

Right, I remembered it was La Defense, but hadn't checked how far that was from the periphery edge.... seemingly further than these other buildings.


It seems to me a question of how close to the center Paris is willing to be ringed, or somewhat surrounded, with skyscrapers in the future.

I'm still not clear on

a) if any of the buildings are sited across the periphery into the h. center. I'll take it they're not.

b) if that height limit is only in the city historic center, or outside it, and how far outside it. Did La Phare in La Defense surpass such a limit?
It seems that the height limit is probably regarding areas within Paris city limits. Thus I need to find a map of where the city limit is.

Back later.

La Defense is not within the Paris city borders but in the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux.

Wikipedia's List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region actually is a nice ... well, list of all the various buildings and where they are situated.

Thanks, will take a look.

I wonder if this massive cityscape project is still in the works or totally scrapped due to the global recession.

Totally scrapped for other reasons than global recession..