Mirage Montparnasse Tower Renovation Paris, Architect, French Skyscraper Building, Architecture
Mirage – Montparnasse Tower Renovation
New Skyscraper Building Paris, France – design by various MAD Architects with DGLa
21 Sep 29017
Mirage – Montparnasse Tower Renovation in Paris
Montparnasse Tower Building Renewal

Location: Paris XVe
Design: MAD Architects / Executive Architect: DGLa
MAD reveals ?Mirage? ? a design proposal for the Renovation of Paris? Montparnasse Tower
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, unveils ?Mirage? ? a renovation proposal for Montparnasse Tower in Paris, France. MAD?s design transforms this huge black monolithic building ? positioned in the city center ? into an artistic lighting installation that reflects the city upside down.
After its completion in 1973, the 210 meter-high Montparnasse Tower became the tallest building in Paris. But through the years, there has been constant criticism over its intrusive existence in the city, that it has been coined the ?scar of Paris?. In 2016, the owner called an international competition to renovate the tower, and MAD was one of seven short-listed firms out of more than 700 teams to participate.

MAD?s design uses concave principles to create an optical illusion by setting every glass panel of the façade to a specific angle, so that the building itself turns into a city-scale concave mirror. The streets and rooftops of the neighboring buildings appear as if they are hanging in the sky; whil...