Philharmonie de Paris

Paris, France

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“In the word Philharmonic, one easily imagines a love of harmony. We play in successive harmonies, in urban harmonies. The Paris Philharmonic exists like a prestigious event which maintains the harmonious relationship with the Parc de la Villette, La Cité de la Musique and the Paris ring road.”

Jean Nouvel

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Status

Finalised

Dates

2007 -

Clients

La Philharmonie de Paris

Types of assignment

Competition, Full mission, Interior design

Program

Philharmonic Hall 2400 seats, rehearsal halls, administrative center of the Philharmonie de Paris, educational center, exhibition spaces, restaurant, brewery, retails

Habitable area / Surface area

42,000 m² / 79,000 m²

Address

196 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France

Team

Jean NOUVEL – Ateliers Jean Nouvel

ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS FOR THE CONCEPTION AND THE REALISATION OF THE CONCERT HALL: MÉTRA + ASSOCIÉS (Paris, FR)

PROJECT DIRECTOR: Mathieu FOREST

CONSTRUCTION PHASE DIRECTOR: Didier BRAULT

PROJECT MANAGERS: Bernard AVRIL, Cyril DESROCHE (Studies, construction), Toshihiro KUBOTA, Éric STEPHANY, Gaston TOLILA (Competition)

ARCHITECTS :

Competition – concert hall: Arnaud BRICHET, Grégoire DEFRANCE, Nicolas GROSMOND, Alain GVODENOVIC, Choi HAE JIN, Didier LOBJOIS, Raphael RENARD, Ute RINNEBACH, Reda SLAOUI

Studies – building: Trevor ABLOTT, Birgit BREIGBEDER, Julien BROUSSART, Grégoire DEFRANCE, Pedro DINIS, Damien FARAUT, Laure FRACHET, Mathilde JAUVIN, Elisabeth KATHER, Sophie LAROMIGUIERE, Carole MAGOT, Kirsi MARJAMAKI-MAS, Samuel NAGEOTTE, Carolina OLIVEIRA, Stéphanie PERRIN, Ute RINNEBACH, Sophie ROGGWILLER, Yves ROUBY, Alberto RUBIN, Anna UGOLINI, Qiang ZOU

Studies – concert hall (MÉTRA + ASSOCIÉS): Gregory BISMUTH, Florian BRILLET, Francisco CARRIBA, Karen CREQUER, Antoine FORTIER, Vittoria FULCHIGNONI, Claude GODEFROY, Raphaëlle GOULET, Aleksandar JANKOVIC, David LETELLIER, Franca MIRETTI, Jean Marc RIO, Florian VADJOU

Construction – Building: Bernard AVRIL, Caroline BINACHON, Jean-François BODSON, Laure FRACHET, Yuan JIANG, Narjis LEMRINI, Samuel MAYANOBE, Philippe MONTEIL, Matthias RAASCH, Alberto RUBIN, Clara VECI, Qiang ZOU

Construction Secretariat: Evelyne FELTIN

Acoustics of the concert hall: Marshal Day Acoustics – Harold MARSHALL

LANDSCAPE: Céline AUBERNIAS, Irène DJAO RAKITINE, Laura GIULIANI, Rémy TURQUIN

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Marie MAILLARD, Natalie SACCU DE FRANCHI, Eugénie ROBERT, Elise TAPONIER, Vatsana TAKHAM

COMPUTER RENDERINGS: Benjamin ALCOVER, Georges BATZIOS, Manal RACHDI (AJN), Raphael RENARD, Artefactory

MODEL: Jean-Louis COURTOIS

ENGINEERS: NAGATA acoustics – Yasuhisa TOYOTA (acoustic advisor to Jean Nouvel), dUCKS scéno – Michel COVA (Scenography), Studio DAP – Federico CRUZ-BARNEY (Acoustics buliding), Egis – Pierre BOCK / Aedis – Competition & preliminary design stage (Structure), Transsolar (Sustainable development), HAD – Hugh DUTTON, ARCORA – Antoine MAUFFAIS (Facades), Egis (Building services), Casso et Cie (Security), Sletec Ingénierie (Cost consultant), 8’18” – Georges BERNE / L’Observatoire International – Hervé DESCOTTES (Light Design), L’Autobus impérial (Signage)

Consultants

Competition: Sylvain CAMBRELING, Alain FLEISCHER, Frank MADLENER, Dominique MARCO, Joséphine MARKOVITS, Gérard PESSON, Alain RICHARD, Marco STROPA, Monique VEAUTE