Collaboration
The Canopy, Forum des Halles
Paris – France, 2014
Thinking up and designing a 25,000 square metre glass roof made of 17,000 glass panels, each of them with a different geometry: this is the challenge we faced, in collaboration with the architect Patrick Berger. In the end, yellow glass bearing a light pattern in relief interacts with the natural light and creates the ambience and identity of this unique monumental architecture in the historic heart of Paris.
Photos credit: Sergio Grazia
Technique
The laminated tempered glass bears a pattern of random lines in relief on its outer surface. Its colour was defined by the application a thin metallic golden yellow layer and its degree of transparency by the addition of a variable screen-printed clear enamel.
Architect
Berger and Anziutti
Glass design and technical studies
Atelier Barrois
Client
City of Paris