La Seine Musicale

La Seine Musicale
General information
Type Culture and leisure
Architectural style high-tech
Location Île Seguin, Paris, France
Completed 2017
Technical details
Structural system Steel superstructure with reinforced concrete floors
Design and construction
Architect Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines

La Seine Musicale is a music and performing arts center located on Île Seguin an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the western suburbs of Paris, France.

In 2009 the lead coordinating architect for the project was named as Jean Nouvel although individual buildings have subsequently been commissioned from a range of international architectural practices. The initial complex of buildings on the island opened in April 2017 and were designed by the architectural team of Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The facilities include an elevated egg-shaped auditorium for classical music, a larger modular concert hall, rehearsal rooms and an extensive roof garden. Much of the site's daytime energy needs are supplied by a large mobile curved solar panel array that covers the smaller auditorium.

Seating capacity for the unamplified classical music auditorium is 1,150, the larger modular concert hall at a lower elevation on the island site is able to accommodate audiences of up to 6,000.[1]

References

  1. Thorpe, Harriet (12 May 2017). "Powered by solar panels, La Seine Musicale is a new icon for Paris". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

Coordinates: 48°49′25.61″N 2°13′59.67″E / 48.8237806°N 2.2332417°E / 48.8237806; 2.2332417

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