EARTH HOUSING TOWER, PARIS

International competition 2015.
2nd prize finalist project

Eco-responsability : earth tower from recycled parisian rubble

We propose that Paris can (re)build itself a different imaginary. We propose that the Parisians rediscover a relationship to the environment that has seen the emergence of their culture, even multiform; a relationship to the soil, the stone, the earth, the wood, the wind, the rain, the seasons, the organic, the living world. We propose to reinvent the matters of Paris from the natural resources available under our feet. We propose to reinvent Paris in earth.


Location : Paris
Commission : International competition
Client : Urbem/Paris
Area : 2 000 m² sdp
Value : 6.1 m€
Date : Competition 2015
Mission : S. Joly & P.E. Loiret, mandatory architects. Basic mission + ehq + landscape + programming
Team : Craterre (earth), Ai environnement (mep consultant), pastier (quantity surveyor), Urbem (client), Tryptique (coordination), Ar-c (structural engineer)
Project managers : Léa Bellalou and Gabrielle Renault