Faire place, à la Madeleine = Place-making at the Madeleine / h2o architectes.

Paris : Building Books Editions, [2020]
©2020

87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, plans, portraits ; 24 cm + 1 insert (24 x 15 cm)

Building Books ; 02

"Place de la Madeleine conjures up images of delicious confectionery and other fine foodstuffs as well as illustrious funerals. With a tight budget and many constraints h2o have pulled off a major use revolution at the Madeleine by giving back 4,500 square metres to pedestrians--a huge gain of 40% that was achieved almost by stealth, no opportunity having been lost to claw back space from the automobile. What, therefore, in the context of the hyper-dense urbanity could be a finer gift to Parisians than the one thing they almost never encounter: flexible open space in its purest form?"--Back cover.
"Place de la Madeleine, synonyme de l'alliance entre gastronomie et chic, mais aussi théâtre d'obsèques d'envergure nationale. Avec un budget serré et de nombreuses contraintes, l'agence h2o opère un changement majeur sur cet espace engorgé: la restitution de 4,500 mètres carrés de sol aux piétons, un gain massif de 40% accompli presque furtivement, en grappillant de l'espace partout où l'occasion se présente. Quoi de plus luxueux à offrir aux Parisiens que ce dont ils ne jouissent que si peu: de l'espace non programmé, de la place, purement et simplement."--Back cover.

9782956781561
2956781561

H2o architectes (Paris, France)
Urban beautification France Paris.
Architecture, French France Paris.
Architecture française France Paris.
Architecture, French
Buildings
Urban beautification
Madeleine (Paris, France) Buildings, structures, etc.
France Paris

Ayers, Andrew, writer of supplementary text.
Muratet, Myr, photographer.
H2o architectes (Paris, France), architect.

Place-making at the Madeleine

Location: Library main 310204
Call No.: BIB 255302
Status: Available