Boulevard Morland Mixité Capitale Paris, Reinventer Parisian Building Redevelopment Design, Architect
Morland Mixité Capitale Paris Building News
17 May 2022
Morland Mixité Capitale in Paris completes
Design: David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
Location: 17 boulevard Morland, 4th arrondissement, Paris, France

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Morland Mixité Capitale Paris
17th of May 2022 РFollowing six years of design and construction, the mixed-use complex Morland Mixit̩ Capitale in the centre of Paris has been completed. The building on the banks of the River Seine was originally constructed in the 1960s and has been refurbished, remodelled and extended by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin. The official opening will take place on 22 June.
The former ?Préfecture de Paris? on Boulevard Morland served the city’s population as an administrative building for decades. In 2016, the team David Chipperfield Architects Berlin and the French developer Emerige won the Call for Projects ?Reinventer Paris? for the complex ? with their concept to make the previously introverted complex accessible to the public again, transforming it into a lively and open destination with the character of a campus and emanating a positive effect for the overall neighbourhood.

Two new building volumes facing the boulevard and the River Seine, which mediate between the scale of the existing and neighbouring buildings, contribute to the repair of the city. The volumes are raised above the g...