Situated in a luxurious parisian neighborhood within the vicinity of the arc de triomphe and within the sightlines of ideal city views, Manuelle Gautrand’s ‘origami office building’ strove to create a distinct, elegant mark on the urban fabric that was clearly in dialogue with the warm, weathered stones of the surrounding architecture.
The high-level office program was accommodated into an orthogonal volume clad in a double layered curtain wall of glazing and faceted, screen-printed marble skin. While the architect had original envisioned a sectioned marble envelope, the ‘marble origami’ pattern print allowed optimal control of the rich hues and design as well as a more purposeful application of the system as a shading device.
Source: Designboom
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