Phase 3

Like the last piece of a jigsaw falling into place, the Pavilions 2, 3 and 8 project marks the culmination of a 30-year reorganisation and reconstruction programme at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. 

On project completion, the whole exhibition centre will be in line with the highest international standards, and all its pavilions will benefit from landscaped spaces entirely free from logistical disturbances.

This suite of new pavilions will offer a spectacular view from the exhibition centre entrance and embellish the central avenue running through the grounds. 

At the centre of the project, a triangular hall, Pavilion 3, will provide the geometric articulation for the grounds’ orientation pivot, while its 16-m indoor ceiling height and 100-m doors will help provide a worthy showcase for all events imaginable (conferences, concerts, arena shows, etc.).

Looking directly out at the Tour Triangle, a towering structure running 150 m in length, Pavilion 2, whose façade will run along avenue Ernest Renan, will be a prime setting for large exhibitions on two floors.

Meanwhile, standing immediately opposite the Paris Convention Centre, Pavilion 8 will supplement the convention offering, with the capacity to accommodate gatherings of up to 7,000 people.

All the roofs will be planted, conceived so as to be admired from the overlooking windows of Tour Triangle, Pavilion 7 and neighbouring residential buildings. Additionally, the roofs will harvest rainwater in accordance with Paris City Hall’s environmental rules. They will be bordered with 1,200 linear metres of planters holding shrubs and bushes which from below will appear like hanging gardens. 

The facades, designed with particular care in both their composition and their construction, will be made of metallic panels in a subtle glossy grey, set off with strong dark horizontal lines. They will express the exhibition centre’s status as a major piece of public infrastructure.

Full details on the reconstruction project here.

A project by Valode & Pistre

Established in Paris with a subsidiary in Beijing, the firm today has eight associates and develops a multidisciplinary approach across complementary specialisms: architecture, urban development, interior architecture, BIM Management, and structure and façade engineering.

Pour Valode & Pistre, an architecture project is both an act of a social nature focussing on the customer and an act of creation designed to meet the needs of a specific programme and set of circumstances. 

The firm works on a wide range of programmes, with more focused expertise on urban, residential projects and new mixed use neighbourhoods, along with major infrastructure, high-rise buildings, corporate head offices and office blocks, healthcare establishments, hotels and leisure facilities.