New Urban Planning in Paris: Around the Bibliothèque Nationale

Université Paris Diderot © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont

Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont

Bibliothèque Nationale de France © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont

The current façade of Station F. Copyright: Patrick Tourneboeuf.

Duration: 3.5 hours
Transport: On foot
Services: Experienced local architect as guide, meet and greet at a hotel in the center of Paris, café reservation
Languages: English, French, German
Group size: Max. 20 pax
Price: 490 Euros + 20% VAT
Not included: Consumption at café and transport costs

Image credits

Image 1: Paris Rive Gauche ©GA-PARIS.JPG View on the Avenue de France @GA_Paris , Image 2: Université Paris Diderot © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont, Image 3: Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont, Image 4: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, site François Mitterrand © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont - Architecte : Dominique Perrault, Image 5: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, site François Mitterrand © Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Amélie Dupont - Architecte : Dominique Perrault, Image 6: The current façade of Station F. Copyright: Patrick Tourneboeuf.

New Urban Planning in Paris: Around the Bibliothèque Nationale

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Explore the redevelopment of a 130 hectare former industrial and train yard in the south east of the city between the Bibliothèque Nationale and the new Tour Duo on the Avenue de France. The Paris of the future is being invented and new ways to build a dense city are under way in what is seen as the new university neighborhood.

Start of tour on the Avenue de France in front of a café, meet and greet with the guide

Bibliothèque Nationale

The icon of the new urban zone Paris Rive Gauche, offers a wide-open

space with a view of the Seine within its four towers that metaphorically represent open books.

Station F

The latest architectural project opened in June 2017: it is the largest start up campus in the world … in an industrial hall transformed by Wilmotte & Associés.

New developments of the Seine and Social Housing projects

We stop in front of new developments of the Seine borders such as the

new Simone de Beauvoir Bridge by Dietmar Feichtinger or the Institut de la Mode et du Design by Jacob & MacFarlane and see the evolution of social housing projects in Christian de Portzamparc’s urban plan.

Coffee break at a local parisian café

New university campus

New constructions and the renovations of the old mills of Paris by Rudy Riciotti and Nicolas Michelin are at the heart of the new Paris Diderot University.

High Rise buildings

The end of the Avenue de France and the new projects by Jean Nouvel: the “Duo Towers” are in planning.

End of tour at the RER station Avenue de France

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