François Roche New-Territories (S/he)

(Un) Plug, La Défense, Paris, 2001-2003

François Roche, Stephanie Lavaux, Alexandre Boulin, Olivier Legrand, Gilles Desevedavy; asssités par Benoit Durandin, Etienne Feher, David Topanni

« Office building in the La Défense business district, Paris. Commissioned by the research department of the French electricity utility (EDF) to design a solar-powered building. 

Scenario:
1) Construction of a standard office building. 
2) Deformation of the reactive façade to gather renewable energies:  - hairy façade for thermal sensors (5 km) - swollen glass skin for photoelectric cells (2000 Sq m).
3) Disconnection (Unplugging) of the building from the city power grid.  »

New-Territories (S/he)

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