An architectural project

Eklo opened its doors on Thursday, February 8, 2024. A lifestyle, ecological and economical concept!

Work on the hotel began in March 2022 and will take 2 years to complete. Viparis has chosen Eklo as its partner to offer an atypical hotel experience aimed at a wide range of business and leisure customers.

Architect: Valode & Pistre

Valode & Pistre is an international agency, founded in 1980 by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre. Its areas of expertise include architecture, interior design, urban design and engineering. With an approach that emphasises the contextual and natural aspects of a project, Valode and Pistre have received commissions around the world, and have offices in China and Russia. Their work in France includes Pavilions 4, 5 and 6 for Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Bordeaux, the Renault Technocentre, the T1 Tower at La Défense (headquarters of GDF Suez) and Lille’s Grand Stade.

Awards

The Architecture Academy’s Grand Silver Medal, Équerre d’argent

Hotel d'Issy-Les-Moulineaux:

The Hotel d'Issy-les-Moulineaux is a two-year project by Jean Viguier to be launched at the end of the month of  September 2022 thanks to its partner, Motel One.

Landscape intentions:

The proposed landscaping is diverse, such as the integration of the project into the neighborhood and hiding the ring road. A desire to develop biodiversity is present by creating a real green lung. Moreover, this project will create a new pole of attractiveness with a rich and mixed public space for users.

All these intentions will contribute to the comfort of visitors and employees.

Architect: Jean-Paul Viguier

His practice Jean-Paul Viguier SA d’Architecture, later renamed VIGUIER architecture urbanisme paysage is internationaly recognized thanks to iconic projects such as the France Televisions headquarters (Paris, France), the Cœur Défense tower (La Défense, France), the Sofitel Magnificent Mile hotel (Chicago, USA), the McNay Art Museum, first American museum of Modern Art built by a French architect (San Antonio, USA), the Maroc Telecom tower (Rabat, Morocco), the Majunga Tower (La Défense, France), the SFR Campus (Saint-Denis, France), the Cancer University Institute (Toulouse, France)…More recently, the practice has won many major architecture competitions including the Europea quarter in Brussels on the site of the 1958 World Expo around the Atomium, the Vinci headquarters in Nanterre as well as the competition for the highest wooden housing tower (57 meters) in Bordeaux, France, in the new district of the Saint-Jean Belcier train station.

Awards

Knight of the French National Order of Merit, Officer in the French National Order of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the French Order of Arts and Letters, Honorary Fellow of the A.I.A. American Institute of Architecture, Member of the French National High Commission for Historic Monuments - Ministry of Culture and Communication (1988-2005), President of AFEX (French Architects Overseas) (1997-1999), RIBA Registered (2015)

• Creation of a playground and green spaces on an existing car park
• Refurbishment of perimeter enclosure and landscaping
• Entrances redesigned to fluidify traffic flows and unblock the roadway
• Creation of a shop and development of a plaza

Pavilions 6 & 8 have been replaced by a brand-new structure, Pavilion 6. Vertical, digital banners in a variety of colours and sizes are suspended from a canopy. Prior to an event’s opening, the canopy gradually rises, revealing banners of coloured light. This dramatic process is completed on opening day. A few days before the end of the event, a reverse movement begins.

Architect: Jean Nouvel

A proponent of contextualised architecture, Jean Nouvel became known in Paris following his design for the Arab World Institute in 1987. His other Paris projects include the Cartier Foundation in 1994 and the Musée Quai Branly in 2006.
He has received commissions throughout the world, including such outstanding achievements as One Central Park in Sydney, the Doha skyscraper in Qatar and the Torre Agbar in Barcelona. He is currently working on the redevelopment of the Ile Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, and recently completed the new Philharmonie de Paris.

Awards
Pritzker Prize, UNESCO Architecture First Prize, Golden Lion from the Venice Biennale, Grand Prix National de l’Architecture, Équerre d’argent, Wolf Foundation Prize

This architectural project of two hotels, situated within the complex, will off er a total of 452 rooms. This includes the creation of a new entrance gate along Avenue de la Porte de la Plaine. The two buildings’ volumes and the composition of their façades create a harmonious whole. Large glazed surfaces reveal activities on the ground floor, while the building’s structure – a series of stacked volumes – create movement along the entire length of the buildings’ facades. On the roof, two terraces, visible from the ring road and its surroundings, are a bold architectural statement, highlighted at night by elegant lighting.

Architect: Jean-Michel Wilmotte

Jean-Michel Wilmotte founded in 1975 Wilmotte & Associés. This international architectural agency is specialised in 5 areas: architecture, interior architecture, museography, urbanism and design. Wilmotte & Associés has offices in France, Great Britain, Italy, South Korea and Brazil. The firm's 220 employees are involved in a wide variety of programs and projects in 26 countries. In 2005, Jean-Michel Wilmotte created the Wilmotte Foundation to introduce young architects to the issues of renovation of our architectural heritage.

Awards

Grand Prix National de la Création Industrielle, If Design Award, Prix Europa Nostra, Grand Prix du Rayonnement Français

The 26-metre-high Pavilion 1, with its 45,000 m² of exhibition space, is the largest single-level structure at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. The façade is clad in an immense sheath of metal mesh, positioned several metres in front of the existing façade, thus creating a covered gallery and canopy. By turns iridescent, reflective and transparent, it reflects both daylight and evening illumination, and seems to shimmer depending on the passer-by’s point of view.

Architect: Dominique Perrault

Dominique Perrault, an architect and urban planner, attained international prominence in 1989 after winning the design competition for France’s Bibliothèque Nationale. Since then, he has received many commissions, both public and private, in the areas of sports and culture in Europe, South Korea and Japan.
His projects and achievements include the refurbishment of Naples' Piazza Garibaldi, the DC Towers in Vienna and the restructuring of Paris' central post office.
He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Grand Paris project.

Awards

Grand Prix Afex, Grande Médaille d’or de l’Architecture, Grand Prix National d’Architecture, Équerre d’argent

Valode & Pistre rebuilt Pavilion 4 at the end of the 1990s. Pavilion 4 offers versatility, performance and comfort – and fulfils our expectations of what a modernisation project should achieve. To improve visitor comfort and highlight the Pavilion’s main entrance, a vast overhang will extend out from the structure, creating a dynamic place to meet and relax.

Architects: Valode & Pistre

Valode & Pistre is an international agency, founded in 1980 by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre. Its areas of expertise include architecture, interior design, urban design and engineering.
With an approach that emphasises the contextual and natural aspects of a project, Valode and Pistre have received commissions around the world, and have offices in China and Russia.
Their work in France includes Pavilions 4, 5 and 6 for Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Bordeaux, the Renault Technocentre, the T1 Tower at La Défense (headquarters of GDF Suez) and Lille’s Grand Stade.

Awards

The Architecture Academy’s Grand Silver Medal, Équerre d’argent

An emblematic building in the Brutalist tradition, Pavilion 7 overlooks both the complex and the city of Paris. The original reinforced concrete structure has been enhanced and modernised, and a new facade has been put in place. Undulating glass surfaces create a rippling effect at each level, symbolising the neverending movement of the exhibitions and the momentum that brings the entire complex to life. Visitors to Pavilion 7 are treated to a breathtaking view of Paris. Level 7.3 houses the Paris Convention Centre, the largest in Europe.

Architects: Valode & Pistre

Valode & Pistre is an international agency, founded in 1980 by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre. Its areas of expertise include architecture, interior design, urban design and engineering. With an approach that emphasises the contextual and natural aspects of a project, Valode & Pistre have received commissions from around the world, and have offices in China and Russia. Their work in France includes Pavilions 4, 5 and 6 for Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Bordeaux, the Renault Technocentre, the T1 Tower at La Défense (headquarters of GDF Suez) and Lille’s Grand Stade.

Awards

The Architecture Academy’s Grand Silver Medal, Équerre d’argent