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Gaité Montparnasse in Paris
Housing, Hotel and Shop Development Paris, France – design by MVRDV
27 Feb 2018
Gaité Montparnasse
Architects: MVRDV
Location: Paris, France
Gaité Montparnasse
MVRDV begins construction on Gaité Montparnasse, a 108,000m2 mixed-use transformation that will add a new program on the large roof of the Unibail-Rodamco owned shopping centre Les Ateliers Gaité to include a hotel, offices, 62 social housing units and a 350 sqm kindergarten. Built in the 1970s, the original Vandamme Nord building located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris will undergo a transformation and restructuring to integrate it better to its urban context, with a new façade, improved accessibility and programmatic identity. A return of a more human scale aspect to an urban area largely characterised by wide boulevards and monolithic structures. Completion of the project is set for the first semester of 2020.
MVRDV proposes a return to a more human scale aspect for the urban area of Gaité Montparnasse – image © L’Autre Image
The design for the existing Vandamme Nord building was driven by the ideals of the automobile. This created a development located on a triangular urban island surrounded by the traffic loaded Rue Mouchotte, Avenue du Maine and the rail tracks of Gare Montparnasse directly opposite. The 30-storey tower of the Hotel Pullman, designed by ...