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Un projet de remplissage de Paris réalisé par Renzo Piano Building Workshop adopte involontairement la
forme d'un tatou - et ce n'est pas une mauvaise chose.

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La nécessité est la mère de l'invention et, dans le nouveau siège de la Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé , à Pavilion > Junya Ishig
Paris, un site complexe soumis à de fortes contraintes a donné naissance à un bâtiment brillant, bulbeux mais
élégant, que certains critiques ont qualifié de Renzo Piano Building. Les meilleurs travaux de l' atelier (RPBW). view more >
La structure de 23 000 pieds carrés sur cinq étages abrite des bureaux, des archives, un espace d'exposition et
une salle de projection de 70 places pour la fondation, qui se consacre à la célébration de l'héritage de la VIDEO
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Situé sur l'avenue historique des Gobelins, le site de 9 000 pieds carrés comprend une façade emblématique Invisible >
ornée de bas-reliefs du jeune Auguste Rodin, qui a dû être intégrée au nouveau bâtiment. Le site s’élargit et
s’incline alors qu’il s’éloigne de la rue et est encerclé par un ensemble d’immeubles d’habitation de hauteur view more >
moyenne. Selon Thorsten Sahlmann, architecte en charge de RPBW, insérer un bâtiment traditionnel en forme
de boîte sur le site aurait obstrué la vue et projeté des ombres dures sur les structures voisines. MOST POP
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L’équipe de conception a commencé à imaginer comment une créature pourrait s’adapter au site. Achevé en UCLA
2014, le résultat comporte une longue voûte en verre de forme organique recouverte de panneaux d'aluminium
perforés qui établissait des comparaisons immédiates avec un tatou. La majeure partie du volume de la
structure est concentrée près du centre du site, où elle s'élève sur cinq étages, puis plonge de façon Haus G

spectaculaire à ses extrémités, préservant ainsi la vue des voisins et l'accès à la lumière du jour, et se rendant
presque invisible de la rue.
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dans la vaste voûte avec 32 arches en bois paraboliques apparentes, d’une portée allant de 10 à 50 pieds. En
coupe transversale, les arcs les plus longs prennent une forme de banane à mi-envergure en raison d'une
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RPBW a choisi du mélèze stratifié pour ses arches, tant par son aspect que par sa souplesse. Selon M.
Sahlmann, les poutres en bois lamellé-collé peuvent être coupées à n’importe quelle taille - ce que la société a
testé dans son magasin Peek & Cloppenburg à Cologne, en Allemagne, qui présente une structure de toit
similaire. La difficulté du projet Pathé, a-t-il déclaré, "réside dans la forme et l'esthétique, car nous voulions
évidemment une surface de bois parfaite." Pour que le bois réponde aux attentes, Sahlmann s'est rendu chez l'
usine de fabrication du bois Rubner Holzbau à Bressanone. Italie et a approuvé chaque arc avant son transport
sur le site.

Given the site constraints, the largest arches had to be delivered in two pieces and then joined by embedded
steel plates and bolts. The arches tie into a steel beam that runs the building perimeter—because “the edge of
the concrete shell [encasing the second through fourth floors] was not stiff enough to take the load of the
arches,” Sahlmann says—and then braced by a double-curved steel superstructure, which ties into the
concrete shell.

The vault shell, which comprises double-curved glass, creates a 100-foot-long domed skylight. Seven
thousand curved aluminum panels, or lamellae, form an outer skin over the glazing, as well as the rest of the
concrete structure, and functions as a brise soleil, diffusing sunlight and shielding Pathé employees from
curious neighbors. “We wanted to separate the layers by not directly putting the glass on the wood, so you can
recognize each layer of the roof structure,” Sahlmann says.

RPBW’s 3D models of the building envelope, created using CATIA


and Rhino, were so complex that it took months for the project team
to find a façade contractor willing to build it. “We negotiated for
nearly for nine months with several contractors,” Sahlmann says.
“[During] this period, we convinced the contractor that our 3D model
could be used for the production process.” Contractors typically
create their own models due to liability issues, but for the Pathé
Foundation, re-creating the model would have been time- and cost-
prohibitive. RPBW also simplified the aluminum skin by faceting it
into smaller panels to eliminate the need for double-curved panels.
Eventually, façade specialist and contractor Frener & Reifer, also

Michel Denancé
based in Bressanone, signed on. The aluminum panels required two
months of fabrication, while the wooden arches and double-curved
glass required three months each.

Despite its similarity to an armadillo’s plated carapace, Sahlmann


maintains that any resemblance is coincidental—call it accidental
biomimicry. “Everybody told us, ‘That looks an armadillo,’ ” Sahlmann
says. “We finally looked for some pictures, put it next to our drawings,
and said, ‘Yeah, it’s true. It really looks like an armadillo.’ ” Even the
structure—with its rib-like glulam arches, double-curved glass shell,
and overlapping aluminum scales—approximates the animal’s
anatomy, whose armor consists of a bony bottom layer topped with
keratin scales, or scutes.

“When we designed the grid of the façade, it took us a little time to


[reach] the current design,” Sahlmann says. “Maybe we should’ve
Michel Denancé looked at [armadillos] earlier.” However, architects can only draw so
many lessons from the animal kingdom, as the headquarter’s and
mammal’s structural systems serve two different purposes, he notes. “Like Renzo says, ‘In the end, the building
is a building, and the armadillo is an armadillo.’ ”
Michel Denancé

Renzo Piano Building Workshop


Michel Denancé

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Timothy A. Schuler
Timothy A. Schuler is a contributing editor at Landscape Architecture Magazine and writes about architecture, landscape
architecture, and urban design for a variety of national and international publications. Based in Honolulu, he is a graduate
of Kansas State University. Follow him on Twitter or visit timothyschuler.com. 

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SUBJECT:
Detail Technology Wood Fabrication Curtain Walls Cultural Projects

Structure

LOCATION:
Paris, France

PEOPLE:
Thorsten Sahlmann Renzo Piano

ORGANIZATION:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Peek & Cloppenburg
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