Musée des Arts premiers, Quai Branly, Paris
This project proposes a continuity of the buildings on each side of the site, on the quai Branly and on the rue de l’Université. Seen from the Tour Eiffel, the geometry of the building reveals itself completely : the facades and roof curve in order to create three concave spaces : a park on the side of the Seine, the undulating roof, the garden on the south side. This single architectural object, fluid and curved, dominated by wood and glass, looks to encompass the history of humanity.
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Program
Conception and museography of the museum
Client
Établissement public du Musée du quai Branly
Project team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Rémy van Nieuwenhove, Walter Grasmug
and Laurent Brault, Frédéric Carrasco, Caroline Djuric, Sylvie Dugasse, Gonzalo Galindo-Bohorquez, Jérôme Guigon, Emmanuel Laurent, Dorothée Nourisson, Woytek Sepiol, Mirco Tardio, Antoine Viger-Kholer
Ingerop, engineering
AR&C, structure
Inex, mechanical engineering
Atelier de paysages Isabelle Schmit, landscaping
Key figures
Surface area : 38 600 m²
Competition 1999
Photography credits
Chaix & Morel et Associés
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