OMA announced last week to have won the competition to design the new Parc des Expositions, Toulouse, France.
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| Parc des Expositions Design Proposal, Toulouse, France, © OMA |
This new Parc des Expositions will be built as a compact mini-city articulating two core elements: an antitode to the sprawl of a standard exposition park and a strategy for the preservation of the surrounding French countryside.
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| Parc des Expositions, © OMA |
Infrastructure is the keyword to this design proposal: a patchwork of open fields and sporadic developments. This Parc des Expositions will be included in a "virtuous" strip, 2.8 kilometers lond and 320 meters wide which will be crissed by the RD902 highway.
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| Parc des Expositions, © OMA |
The Parc des Expositions' structure will be 660 meters long, 24 meters high. The monumental structure of the Parc des Expositions will be a simple but flexible three-dimensional grid, which will provide a plug-in system for exhibitors and facilities.
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| Parc des Expositions © OMA |
Three parallel bands will articulate this parc:
- the multi-function Event Hall, with a massive doorway for outdoor performances;
- a 40,000-square-meters column-free Exhibition Hall
- a 160,000-square-meters parking silo that will be implanted in the middle band.
As
OMA announced, parking ramps will be visible through glass partition from inside the halls.
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| Parc des Expositions, © OMA |
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| Parc des Expositions, © OMA |
The Parc des Expositions is announced to be completed by 2016.
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| Parc des Expositions © OMA |
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