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Adjacent to the Pont d'Issy bridge on the south bank of the Seine, the latest urban development scheme in Paris is taking shape. The move to beautify the entrance to the city has been guided by the vision of Loci Anima and Arte Charpentier Architects, who have proposed replacing the aging office buildings along the river with towers of contemporary building typologies.
Well served by public transit, the future neighbourhood will hold state-of-the-art office and residential space. Also envisioned for the site is a large grocery store and a daycare facility accommodating 60 children. Two office buildings that were on the property were demolished in 2014 to make way for construction of the new complex.
Three unique residential towers are currently under construction. A 17-storey tower dubbed DNA will be joined by two buildings, named Koala, of 16 and 13 storeys. A nine-storey office building with a floor area of approximately 30,000 square metres is also slated for the property. The centrepiece of the project will be the 35-storey Tour Helice, an office tower to rise from a plot of land at rue Rouget de Lisle and the quay of the Battle of Stalingrad.
The Eiffel hall, one of the last vestiges of the industrial past of Issy-les-Moulineaux, will be disassembled, relocated and reassembled on a neighbouring site along rue Rouget de Lisle. The structure had previously housed employees of the cosmetics company Yves Rocher. It will soon become dedicated to gastronomy and feature multiple artisanal shops. The metal hall would have been demolished if the original plan for the complex, which called for three skyscrapers, moved forward. As construction of the residential portion progresses, refurbishment of the hall is expected to be complete in 2018.
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