House of Europe
Paris 2017
Winning competition proposal
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Guerrilla Studios
Thor equities / Ares
Contributing Architect
15 M EUR
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Relocation of House of Europe in Paris
International focus team has been assigned to analyse the capacities of six locations to receive a multifunctional program of the House of Europe. A closed competition was announced, where for each building, a team of the developer/owner of the building, engineer/constructor and architectural office, had to present the project. The building that was represented by architectural office Guerilla studios, won the competition, and the project was moved to the preliminary design phase.
Project:
The location of the House in the heart of Paris, has led us to an idea to emphasise the conception of interaction between Europe and the city.
Europe which is open with its values to society, will be able to physically open its doors to the city of Paris and all people. And vice versa, French citizens by having a new point of attraction, are extending their borders and are opening back themselves for interaction with Europe.
A 360° cinema is becoming the heart of conception and the main point of attraction, radiating itself throughout the whole Paris and attracting visitors. It becomes a link between exterior and interior, a link between France and Europe.
Planning of the cinema with its functional and especially spatial challenges, became the most demanding part of the project. The daring part was to incorporate a 14 meter diameter circular cinema into a triangular Haussmann building, arrange public space and two separate secured access - one for conference hall and another for the European commission use, and finally to find a space to channel all vertical communications for 7 levels of the building. This project was indeed “The 15-puzzle game”!
Program:
Functional program of the house of Europe contains three main typologies:
Exhibition zone open to all public, which contains permanent and temporary expedition and 360° panoramic cinema.
Conference and Event zone to the public after a security check.
Politics and European commission zone with secured private access.
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