It is composed of 68 vertical portal on a step of 2

That make the old general stores of Austerlitz, thankless carcass concrete planted in edge of river Seine since 1907, at the foot of the pont Charles-de-Gaulle The French fashion Institute takes possession of the warehouse on three floors in mid-December, leaving without regret its address rue Jean-Goujon in the 8th arrondissement, in the immediate vicinity the avenue Montaigne couture houses. Winners of the competition of investors launched in 2004, the Caisse des Dépôts and its subsidiary Icade made fly by offering to create a city of fashion and design in this structure. Considered in consultation with the MFI, the project has taken shape with the Agency of architecture Jakob MacFarlane, author among other things the Georges café at the top of the centre Pompidou and the conversion of the 57 metal, ultimate vestige workshop are factories Renault in Boulogne-Billancourt. On the original concrete structure, the architects apply a gesture a light structure in steel and glass they call "plug over." Grafted cantilevered on the river Seine, it focuses the circulations on three levels and emits a strong signal by its organic form and its enigmatic green colour. "The project is inspired by the different flow of the site, the Seine and the walks along its banks, and value is challenging the structures of the industrial building" comment on architects who added: "the concept of"plug over"allows the maximum exploitation of the envelope of the building, but also the establishment of a public space fluid and continuous."

The operation focuses on six of the eight modules or "flags" of the existing structure, the Autonomous Port in having retained two. Only the 3 Pavilion was arasé to build a large piazza of access to the level of the wharf. In this right-of-way built 39 metres in width about 280 metres in length, the discourse of Architects was to "keep the industrial spirit of the place." "The tree of the new structure is available in relation to the original, static and heavy". The rez-de-berge is neutralized due to the risk of flooding. Three entries, including one on piazza are put in place at height of the wharf of Austerlitz, connected to the low level of the Bank by stairs. At the level of access fall fashion and design shops to their sign in the existing structure. The upper level is dedicated to a 4,400 m2 event space. The large panoramic terrace of the roof is paved to a decking oak, such as stairs, and dotted with Luminescent diodes. It welcomes also two constructions in superstructure steel, one for a restaurant licensed to SDW (Stanislas de Winter), the other two activities still to be defined, after the MFI will be installed at the top of the structure, against the pont Charles-de-Gaulle.

Metal file

Rooms our rooms were more adapted This redeployment was accompanied by a significant gain visibility and image, both inside and outside. "Development in entrusted in good logic team Jakob MacFarlane, with the company Vitra, editor of furniture, for partner.

Far resembling a Ribbon or a vine, the metal file requested complex studies the RFR Office prior to be built by the company Eiffel. The cantilever is calculated to not interfere with river traffic. It is composed of 68 vertical portal on a step of 2.50 metres and suspended the beam accordingly reinforced roof-terrace side. Mitsu Edwards, Director of the project for RFR, two main challenges were facing: "on the one hand, reconciling the weight of the"plug-over"with the bearing capacity of the existing structure, on the other hand, find a cost-effective way to achieve skin glass, with 630 panels, all geometry and a unique orientation.". Glass received a progressive printing of 30 to 70 from the bottom up, so as to limit solar inputs within the volume. In addition to the structural vocabulary of tubular profiles and the landscape configuration inevitably evokes the centre Pompidou, the atmosphere in these circulations under canopy of a futuristic Arbour for the promenade that extends on the terrace. The Autonomous Port of Paris has designed a new pier on the site. The total amount of the transaction is posted to EUR 40 million, investment justification for creating a new attractive in Paris, informed the night all its lights by Yann Kersalé.