Champs Elysées Entrance

TECHNIQUE: Discretized Single Curved Plaster

DATE: 2012

TEAM: with Philipp Eversmann Architectures

PLACE: Paris, FRANCE

Office building needed a compelling entrance on the Champs Elysées. Not an easy wish to accomplish on the most famous street!

The Idea was first to repeat the Haussmannien door with the upper vault inside again. Then a transitory shape to invite the user to step up.

One and one only gesture has been to design what we called later a Siamese vault. The two arches (the downstairs and the upstairs one) are 90 dg rotated and linked by this double vault. The characteristic of these complementary vaults is that when one starts, the other finishes and vice versa. 

More than anything the 3D curve in space designed by the intersection of both echoes the handrail curve. The invitation is instantly sent to the Champs Elysées badaud!

Inside the entrance hall

Inside the entrance hall

Different discretization techniques have been used to build the vanishing siamese vault.

Different discretization techniques have been used to build the vanishing siamese vault.

Vista from The Champs Elysées.

Vista from The Champs Elysées.

92, Avenue des Champs Elysées

92, Avenue des Champs Elysées

Going down the staircase from the offices

Going down the staircase from the offices

Built just as designed

Built just as designed

Upstairs, the corridor leading to the offices.

Upstairs, the corridor leading to the offices.

Large angle view around the rotating staircase and the Siamese Vaults

Large angle view around the rotating staircase and the Siamese Vaults

Walking up the hinge stair

Walking up the hinge stair

The Siamese Vaults

The Siamese Vaults

Credits

Paul Ehret
Architect / Designer

Philipp Eversmann
Architect / Detailer

Matthieu Payard
Architect / Construction Site Supervision