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Paul Andreu
Trained at the 脡cole polytechnique, the 脡cole des ponts et chauss茅es as well as at the 脡cole des beauxarts, Paul Andreu is one of the major figures of the international architectural scene of the second half of the 20th century. He joined the A茅roports de Paris company in 1963, and was entrusted, at the age of 29, with the design of the new terminal 1 of Paris-Nord, the future Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle (1967-1974), built as an emblem of modernity and immediately followed by the worksite of terminal 2 (1972-1982).
After the first oil shock, the company鈥檚 architectural activity turned to locations outside France (Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, Dar es Salam, Cairo, etc.) and imposed Paul Andreu as one of the principal architects of airport architecture. In the 1980s, when he was responsible for the execution of the Arche de La D茅fense (1984 - 1989) after Johann Otto von Spreckelsen鈥檚 plans, the architect won several major commissions in Japan and China, including the functional concept of the Kansai airport (1987-1988), the maritime museum of Osaka (1993-2000) and the Shanghai-Pudong airport (1996-1999).
Paul Andreu knew how to give an architectural expression to
flight, whether it is real or poetic.
Deployed through a
theme-based itinerary, the exhibition, which will present 280 original works,
will evoke this desire that is both telluric and aerial through three major
scenographic systems: the exhibition鈥檚 spinal column, the 69 sketchbooks form a
whole, a genuine narrative of creation that bears witness to the architect鈥檚
design process. Reactivated for the event, a group of original spherical models
encapsulate the spatial symbolism developed in the course of the projects,
while Paul Andreu鈥檚 writings, spectacularly presented, bring up a parallel
narration on architecture, an intellectual and research work before the
builder鈥檚 gesture.
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Trained at the 脡cole polytechnique, the 脡cole des ponts et chauss茅es as well as at the 脡cole des beauxarts, Paul Andreu is one of the major figures of the international architectural scene of the second half of the 20th century. He joined the A茅roports de Paris company in 1963, and was entrusted, at the age of 29, with the design of the new terminal 1 of Paris-Nord, the future Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle (1967-1974), built as an emblem of modernity and immediately followed by the worksite of terminal 2 (1972-1982).
After the first oil shock, the company鈥檚 architectural activity turned to locations outside France (Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, Dar es Salam, Cairo, etc.) and imposed Paul Andreu as one of the principal architects of airport architecture. In the 1980s, when he was responsible for the execution of the Arche de La D茅fense (1984 - 1989) after Johann Otto von Spreckelsen鈥檚 plans, the architect won several major commissions in Japan and China, including the functional concept of the Kansai airport (1987-1988), the maritime museum of Osaka (1993-2000) and the Shanghai-Pudong airport (1996-1999).
Paul Andreu knew how to give an architectural expression to
flight, whether it is real or poetic.
Deployed through a
theme-based itinerary, the exhibition, which will present 280 original works,
will evoke this desire that is both telluric and aerial through three major
scenographic systems: the exhibition鈥檚 spinal column, the 69 sketchbooks form a
whole, a genuine narrative of creation that bears witness to the architect鈥檚
design process. Reactivated for the event, a group of original spherical models
encapsulate the spatial symbolism developed in the course of the projects,
while Paul Andreu鈥檚 writings, spectacularly presented, bring up a parallel
narration on architecture, an intellectual and research work before the
builder鈥檚 gesture.
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