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YOU, Lot YA, Paris Building
Macro LOT AA Residential Building in France – design by STUDIONINEDOTS, architects
13 Oct 2016
YOU, Lot YA, Paris
Design: STUDIONINEDOTS, architects with Ateliers 115 Architectes, Jean-Claude Martinez, Eric Brunel
YOU, Lot YA, former Renault factory site, Paris, France

This weekend in Paris is the opening of YOU, Lot YA.
Within a dense urban fabric the architects created a robust bank building, with subtle recesses and a striking facade that interplays rhythms of bronze-coloured blades; blades that block sunlight while retaining views of the Seine.
The building site is located on a section of the old Renault factory site along the Seine in Paris. Situated right at the new park with great views on the Seine. The architects were asked to make an office building on a plot which wasn?t ideal for officespace.
The building was to be perceived as a single clear volume. A front-row building at the park which connects to it?s surroundings.
The architects divided the volume horizontally according to the plotrules and the direct urban fabric and created setbacks for terraces.

photos : Peter Cuypers
The entrance is orientated on the park and connected with the public space and inner court.
The volume scales down to the size of the housing developments but still acts as a clear iconic volume.
The paradox of the site is the fact that ...