Phare Tower, France
Morphosis won the International Competition for the design of the “Phare�? Tower (Lighthouse), the centerpiece of a redevelopment in the business district, La Défense, just outside of Paris. Mayne beat out the likes of Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas to win the competition. Its expected completion date is 2012…
“There’s a fluidity, a sensuousness, a softness to the form as it reaches to the sky,” he said, describing the asymmetric twist of the building, which swells out over an elevated lobby in the lower portion before tapering off to a thicket of wind turbines on the roof. Mayne says it will be “a prototype for a green building” with a wind farm generating its own heating and cooling for five months of the year and a movable “double skin” to cut the heat from direct sunlight through the windows.
“Moving around the tower, it appears to shift continually, distinct from different vantage points – not a single image, but a dynamic structure that responds to its site, environment, and performance requirements.�? Thom Mayne, Morphosis Design Director.
Category: Architecture
it is awesome building, very creative and uniquely crown on top.
Well need special lighting to enhance the ambience and the building as well.
need assisting please feel free to email us at yansen@lightingimages.com.au
thanks
Yansen
Good introdution.Still I really want to know its high technical management. And if I can see bigger and clearer picture,that will be much great.
Thank a lot.