Paris was hit by downpours, numerous people injured, serious damage to the city’s structures and buildings. But the test was passed.
In the 20th Arrondissement, on the eleventh floor of a historic building, a glass and steel platform resisted the hardest test of all – Mother Nature – without any damage of infiltrations.
A former 1950’s warehouse, once used as a sweet factory depot in the old industrial quarter of Montreuil in Paris, it forms part of a large operation of restoration and transformation of ex-industrial pavilions.
How can we transform a large space, with a structure similar to a large hangar, into a place fit for holding fashion parades, exhibitions and cultural events?
Noise annoys us and makes our social life difficult. It can cause deafness, hypertension, sleep disorders in people who are constantly subjected to it. It makes towns and cities impossible to live in. Therefore we must learn to get rid of it, at least within our own homes.
On the threshold of the third millennium, new development directives have opened up, extending the need for training and information into ecology in the construction field. After a certain amount of resistance and hesitation, the entire professional field is now prepared for a new challenge: sustainable constructions through efficient planning with zero environmental impact.
