Clément Blanchet has revealed his shortlisted entry for Réinventer Paris’ Pershing competition.
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The city of Paris has launched a call for innovative urban projects and offered 23 sites to all professionnals to express the future of the city. cBA was shortlisted (second round) on the main site, Pershing square, running against some major architecture firms such as OMA, Sou Foujimoto, 3XN or Jacques Ferrier.
The «Pershing» plot and the volume over the Périphérique, Avenue de la Porte des Ternes for the construction of a bridging building, are located between the Porte Maillot and the Porte des Ternes next to the Palais des Congrès de Paris. This currently under-used site will be at the heart of the Porte Maillot renewal operation, a strategic part of Greater Paris, linking the central business district with La Défense. The exceptional visibility of this plot and the importance of the traffic flowing through it, suggested an innovative and cutting-edge project.
The proposal by Clément Blanchet Architecture is to cover the parisian ring and to build a metropolitan presence next to the convention center.
