tour montparnasse nouvelle aom

Nouvelle AOM est le collectif créé en juin 2016 pour répondre au concours international Demain Montparnasse. Issue de l'association de trois agences parisiennes, Franklin Azzi Architecture, ChartierDalix Architectes et Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, c’est aujourd’hui une entité indépendante qui propose un nouveau regard sur la ville et le patrimoine bâti.

En 2023, Nouvelle AOM est lauréate pour la transformation de la Tour Guillot-Bourdeix (EX Tour du CIRC) à Lyon aux côtés de Redman et Icade Promotion.

Nouvelle AOM Tour Montparnasse 33 avenue du Maine, 44e étage, 75015 Paris  T. 01 88 32 72 86

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Architectes Junior (2 à 5 ans d’expérience minimum) Architectes Senior (expérience IGH et maîtrise de Revit souhaitées) Nous recherchons des stagiaires (3 mois minimum)

Merci de bien vouloir envoyer vos candidatures avec CV, lettre de motivation et book à l’adresse suivante : [email protected]

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Will This Makeover Improve the Reputation of Paris's Most Hated Building?

By Carrie Hojnicki

Of the things that make one truly Parisian, an abhorrence of the city’s tallest skyscraper might just top the list. Lucky for all, Paris’s 59-story Tour Montparnasse is set to undergo a substantial renovation just in time for the city to host the 2024 Olympic Games. Nouvelle AOM, an agency formed by the heads of three prolific local firms will lead the revamp with a heavy focus on sustainability.

Nouvelle AOM, comprised of Franklin Azzi Architecture, Chartier Dalix Architectes, and Hardel et Le Bihan Architectes, beat out internationally acclaimed firms like Studio Gang, MAD, and OMA with their design, which will add substantial greenery to the building’s facade and roof. AOM’s plan renderings show bottom floors covered with plantings and a conservatory crowning the building’s roof.

The proposal will add green space to the building's roof and terraces.

The refresh is a welcome change for Tour Montparnasse, whose 1973 construction and ensuing public reaction led the city to establish a seven-floor limit on new buildings, though restrictions have been loosened in recent years. Designed by Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis Hoym de Marien, the tower has been the butt of countless jokes, including that which says its observatory deck offers the best views in Paris, only because the tower cannot be seen.

Construction on the 300 million euro project is expected to begin in 2019.

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Tour Montparnasse Redesign Competition, Nouvelle AOM

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• Typologies Tower  Refurbishment 
• Material Glass 
• City Paris 
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The verticality of the tower is decomposed emphasizing the more horizontal elements, thus favoring dialogue with the surrounding architecture. The project also proposes new uses to transform the building into a lively thriving place... [+]

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Nouvelle AOM

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 L’Ensemble Immobilier Tour Maine-Montparnasse

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Nouvelle AOM (Chartier-Dalix, Franklin Azzi, Hardel et Le Bihan)

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Setec, Elioth (ingenierías engineering ); Tess (fachada facade); GVI (estimación de costes cost estimate ); Lamoureux (acústica acoustics ); 8/18 Lumière (diseño de la iluminación lighting design ); Bellastock (diagnóstico y reempleo diagnosis and reemployment ); Maximum (diseño-reutilización design-reuse ); Base Design (señalización e identidad visual signaling and visual identity ); Eurl Jérome Sans (director artístico y cultural artistic and cultural director ); AEU (paisajismo landscaping ); Grahal (patrimonio heritage )

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nouvelle AOM chosen ahead of OMA and MAD to overhaul paris' tour montparnasse

nouvelle AOM, a consortium of three french firms, has been chosen to redesign paris’ montparnasse tower — holding off competition from OMA , MAD architects , and studio gang , among others. ‘when we took up the challenge of this exciting competition, our focus was on revealing the beauty of the tour montparnasse from the inside out,’ explains the winning team. ‘we achieved this by incorporating radically new uses and crafting a complete sustainable ‘green’ makeover of the façade. the aim is to make the tower an icon of the 21st century energy revolution.’

completed in 1973, the 59-storey structure was the last skyscraper to be built in paris. today, the tower remains an alien addition to the city’s relatively horizontal landscape. for decades, the unloved edifice has made parisians wary of the threat that such high-rises pose in permanently damaging the look and feel of the existing metropolis. launched in june 2016, the competition challenged bidders to create a powerful, dynamic and bold new identity for the tour montparnasse, while fully addressing all the challenges of the modern world regarding user accessibility, comfort and energy performance.

nouvelle AOM , (nouvelle agence pour l’opération maine-montparnasse) brings together a young generation of architects all born in the 1970s: franklin azzi, fréderic chartier, pascale dalix, mathurin hardel, and cyrille le bihan. the firm’s redesign seeks to ’emphasize the horizontal plane’, while making a marked shift from opacity to transparency. it is also hoped that new programming will transform the building into an active destination for the people of paris.

‘this was a huge challenge, as the tower isn’t like any other,’ says the building’s co-owners, who sat on the selection panel. ‘nouvelle AOM’s project perfectly captures the spirit of the 21st century, giving the tower a multifaceted identity revolving around attractive, innovative new uses. the tower will breathe new life into the montparnasse neighborhood.’ the €300 million renovation, financed entirely by the tower’s co-owners, is set to complete in time for the paris olympic games in 2024.

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TOUR MONTPARNASSE | NOUVELLE AOM

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France, 2019

"The architectural expression of Paris environmental revolution"

Montparnasse Tower deserves a collective design. To this end, we brought together our experience and united our teams and resources so that the Nouvelle AOM team can today rise to this challenge that is both architectural and highly symbolic. The tower must reflect many different identities, and we feel that this plurality of vision begins with a team that has shown itself able to integrate conflicting ideas and views, right from the beginning of the project.

When we decided to undertake the extraordinary adventure that the Demain Montparnasse (‘Tomorrow’s Montparnasse’) international competition represented, it was with a desire to place the tower firmly within the 21st century’s environmental revolution. We nurture five ambitions for the new Montparnasse Tower, which constitute the core of our architectural project.

Firstly, Montparnasse Tower must be a tower of its time; in osmosis with the climate, the wind and the changing light of the sky. Consequently, the super-passive, positive-energy, very low carbon tower will be raised to the ranks of the most energy-efficient new buildings.

Secondly, the innovative approach to the facade allows the tower to respond to the wind in two ways – recovering the force of the dominant winds at the upper levels, and reducing unpleasant wind currents caused by downdraft around the base. A ‘tower of winds’.

We also wanted to use the top of the new Montparnasse Tower to produce sustainable energy: solar panels to supply the tower’s day-to-day electricity, and rainwater is captured in order to water the areas of planting not exposed to rainfall.

The vast glasshouse is to produce fruit and vegetables to supply the tower’s restaurants. Our project is also about opening the tower up to the people of Paris. The tower’s various functions will be visible from the exterior via a new, double-skin facade; leaving behind the opacity of the existing tower, the new, transparent Montparnasse Tower will be clear and bright. From the 14th floor, the highest gardens in Paris will add to the natural life of the city.

Our fifth ambition is to bring out the beauty of Montparnasse Tower, to exalt this familiar form on the Parisian skyline.

Today, winners of the competition, the team and its five partners are ready. We are ready to make this happen for Paris, for the thousands of people who work in the tower, for all the visitors who will come once it opens in 2024. We are ready to go and meet local residents and Parisians to join us in this adventure, to make Montparnasse Tower the architectural expression of Paris’ environmental revolution. The architectural expression of Paris’ environmental revolution.

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Moscow Metro Tour

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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Paris reimposes the ban on skyscrapers after tour triangle controversy.

The city of Paris has officially reinstated a rule that limits the height of new buildings in the French capital to 37 meters, or 12 storeys. Among the factors for the decision was the controversy surrounding the construction of the 180-meter-tall Tour Triangle, designed by Herzog & de Meuron , which began in 2021 after more than a decade of legal battles and backlash. The new urban planning regulation is introduced as part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo's Local Bioclimatic Urban Plan, which aims to reduce Paris' carbon emissions.

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Nouvelle AOM Wins Competition to Redesign Paris' Tour Montparnasse

The architectural consortium of Nouvelle AOM has been announced as the winner of the international competition for the renovation and redesign of Paris ’ Tour Montparnasse , beating out finalist Studio Gang and a shortlist of top firms.

Lauded by the jury for its “powerful, dynamic and bold new identity,” the winning entry will introduce an entirely new vegetated facade system that will improve both the tower’s immediate surroundings and the neighborhood as a whole.

"This was a huge challenge, as the Tower isn't like any other," the jury explained. "Nouvelle AOM's project perfectly captures the spirit of the 21st century, giving the Tower a multifaceted identity revolving around attractive, innovative new uses. The Tower will breathe new life into the Montparnasse neighbourhood." 

Studio Gang and nAOM Selected as Finalists to Redesign Paris’ Tour Montparnasse

Studio Gang and nAOM ( Franklin Azzi Architecture / Chartier Dalix / Hardel-Lebihan Architectes ) have been selected as the two finalist teams competing for the redesign of Paris ’ infamous Tour Montparnasse , beating out a star-studded shortlist that included OMA , MAD Architects (China) + DGLA (France), Architecture Studio , Dominique Perrault Architecture , and PLP Architecture .

The competition asked teams to submit a vision for the tower that “not only creates a powerful, dynamic and bold new identity for the Tour Montparnasse but also addresses all the challenges involved in terms of user accessibility, comfort and energy performance.”

The Unexpected Stories Behind 10 Skyscrapers That Were Actually Built

As long as there have been buildings mankind has sought to construct its way to the heavens. From stone pyramids to steel skyscrapers, successive generations of designers have devised ever more innovative ways to push the vertical boundaries of architecture. Whether stone or steel, however, each attempt to reach unprecedented heights has represented a vast undertaking in terms of both materials and labor – and the more complex the project, the greater the chance for things to go awry.

OMA, MAD Among 7 Architects Selected in Competition to Redesign Tour Montparnasse

The Ensemble Immobilier Tour Maine-Montparnasse (EITMM) has selected 7 notable firms to continue to the second round in a competition for the renovation of Tour Montparnasse in the Montparnasse district of Paris , France.

Often cited as one of the architecture world’s most hated buildings , Tour Montparnasse has been criticized for its discordance with the Parisian urban landscape – just two years after its completion, new buildings over seven stories high in the city centre were banned, leaving the tower as an alien presence on the skyline.

With the launching of the competition, the EITMM hopes to transform Tour Montparnasse into a beloved landmark with a complete renovation of the facade, the building entry and all interior spaces. The budget for the project is estimated to reach over 300 million Euro ($330 million USD), and will be funded in entirety by the building owners.

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Touring the Top 10 Moscow Metro Stations

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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