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Tower Flower

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👍👍 An essential and original architecture that marks the turning point towards ecology since the building is dotted on its balconies with around 300 bamboo pots. It gives an impression of a giant tree. Its architect Edouard François named it The Tower Flower. He also says that it is a vertical extensi... People often mention pots, building, Paris, bamboo, pour, sont,


Address

23 Rue Albert Roussel, 75017 Paris, France

Website

www.edouardfrancois.com

Contact

+33 1 45 67 88 87

Rating on Google Maps

3.90 (62 reviews)

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  • 5/5 stephane g. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) An essential and original architecture that marks the turning point towards ecology since the building is dotted on its balconies with around 300 bamboo pots. It gives an impression of a giant tree. Its architect Edouard François named it The Tower Flower. He also says that it is a vertical extension of the park at his feet. (Original) Une architecture incontournable et originale qui marque le tournant vers l’écologie puisque l’immeuble est parsemé sur ses balcons d’environ 300 pots de bambous. Cela donne une impression d’un arbre géant . Son architecte Edouard François l’a nommé The Tower Flower . Il dit aussi que c’est un prolongement vertical du parc qui est à ses pieds .
    2 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Sayyad A. 5 years ago on Google • 28 reviews
    Nice place
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 zohaib aslam b. 4 years ago on Google • 19 reviews
    Very beautiful
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Delphine D. 5 years ago on Google • 10 reviews
    Nice ! (:
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 4/5 Christophe G. 2 years ago on Google • 1143 reviews
    Very surprising tour with these giant flower pots. But it's pretty well done. If you pass in the area, you can take a detour to see it and the park at its feet.

  • 3/5 Vitaly G. 9 months ago on Google • 230 reviews
    Rather a bamboo tower.

  • 5/5 Giacomo B. 11 months ago on Google • 202 reviews
    One of the most inspiring architecture in Paris

  • 4/5 Ryan K. 1 year ago on Google • 158 reviews
    Cool tower with a nice little park around it. A bit away from the city center so worth it only if you have extra time to kill in my opinion, or are already in the area.

  • 1/5 Radon X. 2 months ago on Google • 48 reviews New
    disgusting inside it looks like a cellar

  • 5/5 Paul M. 2 months ago on Google • 35 reviews New
    Negative comments about bamboo are made by ignorant people!! To my knowledge only 10% have been changed in 20 years!! IN spring-summer, the building is magnificent. Architects from all over the world come to photograph it! Knowing an owner in the building: the apartments are bright and the charges are low,...

  • 5/5 Dan R. 8 months ago on Google • 34 reviews
    Cool

  • 4/5 Raphael B. 3 months ago on Google • 27 reviews New
    I recommend it if you're walking around the area! Quite an impressive facade! afterward don't make a detour just for that

  • 5/5 mannat m. 3 years ago on Google • 9 reviews
    Nice

  • 3/5 Niels de Z. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice to see, but also a bit sad and only bamboo. (Original) Wel leuk om eens te zien, maar ook wat treurig en alleen bamboe.

  • 5/5 Jean M. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Building located 23 Rue Albert Roussel, Paris (17th), near Porte d'Asnières. The "Tower-Flower" (= Tour de Fleurs), by the architect Edouard François, is a project that was carried out for the Office Public d'Aménagement et de Construction de Paris. Built on the ZAC (concerted development zone) of Porte d'Asnières in Paris. Building with 30 apartments on 10 floors, with 3 floors of underground parking. This building has the property of being surrounded by balconies lined with potted trees, on three sides (not the North) up to the top floor. It is for this reason that the building is called "Tower-Flower". Despite the constraints, the architect created this building to be uniform and rectangular and to rise vertically. It is made of white and gray concrete mixed with bamboo microfibers to solidify it. The floor of each level protrudes to form the balconies on which the pots are fixed. The project was completed in 2004. There are 380 pots around the building. All were made of Ductal concrete for a question of lower weight not overloading the balconies. The plants growing in these pots are bamboo. They are of very diverse species, selected from some 1,300 existing varieties. The architect, who picked them up in Portugal, chose them based on the adjacent garden and the surrounding stone constructions. Plants also serve to diffuse heat and light inside the building. To ensure their survival, the plants benefit from automatic watering. This system works with garden hoses incorporated into the metal balustrades. The pots are fixed directly on the balconies, so that neither the wind nor the inhabitants can move them. The entrance to the building is on the street. Next to the entrance are the residents' multicolored mailboxes. There is no entrance hall as such, but a simple porch which introduces a glazed elevator. This allows you to keep visual contact with nature and to see the garden in front of you as well as the pots of plants. On the other side of the elevator, the corridors are lit with red neon lights. The building is oriented in such a way that the living rooms have an opening onto the park, which allows the apartments to receive as much natural light as possible. One of the constraints, when designing the building, was that there should be no common walls between the apartments, so that none of the residents would share ownership of a partition. Everyone decides to arrange their accommodation to their liking, so there should not be a buoyant point. This is why the architect decided to alternate the layout of the apartments; every other floor is the same, the floors are then self-supporting. (Original) Immeuble situé 23 Rue Albert Roussel, Paris ( 17e ), près de la Porte d’Asnières. La « Tower-Flower » ( = Tour de Fleurs ), de l’architecte Edouard François, est un projet qui a été réalisé pour l’Office Public d’Aménagement et de Construction de Paris. Construit sur la ZAC (Zone d'aménagement concerté) de la Porte d’Asnières à Paris. Immeuble de 30 appartements sur 10 étages, avec un stationnement souterrain de 3 étages. Cet immeuble a la propriété d’être entouré de balcons garnis d'arbres en pots, sur trois côtés ( pas le Nord ) jusqu’au dernier étage. C’est pour cette raison que l’édifice se nomme « Tower-Flower ». Malgré les contraintes, l’architecte a créé cet immeuble pour qu’il soit uniforme et rectangulaire et qu’il s’élève verticalement. Il est fait de béton blanc et gris mélangé à des microfibres de bambou pour le solidifier. Le plancher de chaque étage dépasse pour former les balcons sur lesquels sont fixés les pots. Le projet fut terminé en 2004. Il y a 380 pots autour de l’immeuble. Tous ont été réalisés en béton Ductal pour une question de poids plus faible ne surchargeant pas les balcons. Les plantes qui poussent dans ces pots sont des bambous. Ils sont d'espèces très diverses, retenues parmi les quelque 1300 variétés existantes. L’architecte, qui est allé les chercher au Portugal, les a choisis en fonction du jardin adjacent et des constructions en pierre tout alentour. Les plantes servent aussi à diffuser la chaleur et la lumière à l’intérieur de l’édifice. Pour assurer leur survie, les plantes bénéficient d’un arrosage automatique. Ce système fonctionne avec des tuyaux d’arrosage incorporés aux balustrades métalliques. Les pots sont fixés directement sur les balcons, de sorte que ni le vent ni les habitants ne peuvent les déplacer. L’entrée de l’édifice se situe sur rue. À côté de l’entrée se trouvent les boîtes aux lettres multicolores des résidents. Il n’y a pas de hall d’entrée comme tel, mais un simple porche qui introduit un ascenseur vitré. Celui-ci permet de garder un contact visuel avec la nature et de voir défiler le jardin devant soi ainsi que les pots de plantes. De l’autre côté de l’ascenseur, les corridors sont éclairés avec des néons rouges. Le bâtiment est orienté de telle façon que les pièces de séjour aient une ouverture sur le parc, ce qui permet aux appartements de recevoir le plus de lumière naturelle possible. L’une des contraintes, lors de la conception du bâtiment, était qu’il n’y ait aucun mur commun entre les appartements, de sorte qu’aucun des résidents ne partage la propriété d’une cloison. Chacun décidant d’aménager son logement à sa convenance, il ne devait donc pas y avoir de point porteur. C’est pourquoi l’architecte a décidé d’alterner la disposition des appartements ; un étage sur deux est le même, les étages sont alors autoportants.


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