Modernisation and extension of the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
Designed for the Universal Exposition of 1900, the Petit Palais became the « Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris » in 1902. Opening onto the Seine and the Champs-Elysées, natural light flooded the interior through the glass roofs and windows. A century later, the restoration and modernisation of the Petit Palais is a chance to rediscover the original spirit of the place, to create a museum of light, where the works exposed find their real colors and the garden reblooms.
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Program
Restoration, modernisation and extension of the museum (including offices, bookstore, auditorium, etc.).
Client
Ville de Paris
Project team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Anabel Sergent, Benoit Sigros
with Caroline Djuric, Aurélie Joubaire
and Eric Bartolo, Lionel Bousquet, Marie Duval, Ulisse Gnesda, Arianne Hagendorf, Emmanuel Laurent, Christoph Leitner, Thilan Mendis, Dorothée Nourisson, Francesca Pisani Rapp, Mirco Tardio, Camille Vidal, Antoine Viger-Kohler
Ingerop, engineering company, quantity surveyors, coordination, electricity
AR&C, structure
Inex, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, sanitation
Atelier de Paysage Isabelle Schmit, landscaping
Concepto, lighting consultants
F. Guignard and I. Zamansky, reinstatement consultants
Claude Ripeau, museography quantity surveyor
Margaret Gray, signage
Key figures
Previous surface area : 15 651 m²
New surface area : 22 673 m²
Construction costs excl. VAT : 41,2 M €
Competition 1999 - completion 2005
Photography credits
Bruno Delamain
Christian Richters
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