Fondation Louis Vuitton - Frank Gehry - Paris, France
N 48° 52.587 E 002° 15.821
31U E 446011 N 5413982
[FR] La construction s'est achevée le 18 décembre 2013 au Jardin d'acclimatation, dans le bois de Boulogne. [EN] The Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation is an art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries.
Waymark Code: WMMAYC
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 08/24/2014
Views: 13
[FR] Frank Gehry a visité le jardin et a découvert un site exceptionnel chargé d’histoire. Il imagine alors une architecture de verre inspirée par le Grand Palais, mais aussi par les structures de verre, le Palmarium par exemple, qui ornaient le Jardin d’Acclimatation dès 1893. Sous la main de l’architecte, l’édifice en verre prend l’allure d’un voilier aux voiles gonflées par le vent. Ces voiles de verre enveloppent l’« iceberg », une succession de formes blanches portant des terrasses arborées.
Afin d’inscrire au mieux le bâtiment dans l’environnement du Jardin d'acclimatation, la fondation a réalisé un plan d’aménagement renouant avec les principes fondateurs des jardins paysagers du XIXe siècle. Il relie l’édifice avec le Jardin d’acclimatation au nord, et avec le bois de Boulogne au sud.
Édifie sur un terrain de la ville de Paris, le bâtiment appartiendra à la ville dans cinquante cinq ans.
[EN] In 2001, Bernard Arnault, the Chairman of LMVH, met Frank Gehry, and told him of plans for a new building for the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne.
Upon Arnault's invitation, Frank Gehry visited the garden, and imagined an architecture inspired by the glass Grand Palais, and also by the structures of glass, such as the Palmarium, which was built for the Jardin d'Acclimation in 1893. Gehry's glass building glass takes the form of a sailboat sails inflated by the wind. These sails glass envelop the "iceberg", a series of shapes with white flowery terraces. The building site is designed after the founding principles of landscaped gardens 19th century. It connects the building with the Jardin d'Acclimatation at north, and the Bois de Boulogne to the south.
Architect: Frank Gehry
Building name: Fondation Louis-Vuitton
Year built: 2013
Building's primary use: Culture/Entertainment
City: Paris
Country: France
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