PARIS | Les Halles | 14m | 2010-2017 | U/C

Minato Ku · #1 Posted **Jul 25, 2013, 8:43 PM**

Rebuilding the heart of Paris

This is the reconstruction of the exterior of the Forum des Halles, a mall built in place of the former Les Halles market.
A glass and metal canopy is under in construction.
The canopy will include:
-67,800 sq.ft of retail shops
-28,000 sq.ft music conservatory
-15,000 sq.ft hip-hop centre
-11,350 sq.ft library
-10,800 sq.ft of amateur workshops and a cultural centre for the deaf and hearing-impaired

This construction is done above the busy underground mall and big RER station, both are still in operation.
The architects are Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti.
The cost of the project will included the whole renovation of the hub is 802 M€ (236 M€ of which for the roof itself).

Minato Ku · #2 Posted **Jul 25, 2013, 8:46 PM**

Various pictures of the construction taken the previous months.

Minato Ku · #3 Posted **Jul 25, 2013, 8:52 PM**

Aerial picture taken during Bastille day.

Reuters/Charles Platiau

Minato Ku · #4 Posted **Jul 25, 2013, 8:53 PM**

My lastest pictures taken yesterday.

KEVINphx · #5 Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 4:47 PM**

Interesting project - it is MUCH more visually attractive compared to the old complex!

When is it scheduled to be 100% complete? I am returning to Paris in May 2014 and am curious to see the difference for myself

Thanks for the photos!

Minato Ku · #6 Posted **Nov 2, 2013, 4:16 AM**

In 2015.

LMich · #7 Posted **Nov 2, 2013, 6:08 AM**

I had no idea this was going on. I remember back in 2003 going through the Forum des Halles to catch the RER B line back to Gentilly and the place struck me as some dingy airport terminal straight out of the 1960's or 70's.

Not sure I'm a fan of the canopy, but the rearrangement and opening up to the air of the retail is a definite improvement. BTW, is the 67,800 square feet of retail space in addition to what's already there, or did they demolish the old mall and the 67,800 square feet the size of the new mall?

Minato Ku · #8 Posted **Nov 2, 2013, 9:32 AM**

It is in addition to the current mall.
Forum des Halles is one of the busiest mall in Europe, they can't demolishe it.

mrnyc · #9 Posted **Nov 3, 2013, 5:19 PM**

awesome. looks good and it will surely open up the aggravating old mall.

Segun · #10 Posted **Nov 3, 2013, 9:49 PM**

15,000 sq foot Hip Hop center?

Never seen a major city embrace hip hop like that.

sphinx88844 · #11 Posted **Nov 6, 2013, 5:10 AM**

what the heck is a hip-hop center? A place to krump?

Minato Ku · #12 Posted **Nov 8, 2013, 11:19 PM**

New pictures.

http://www.parisleshalles.fr/diaporama

Minato Ku · #13 Posted **Dec 11, 2013, 12:15 PM**

http://www.parisleshalles.fr/diaporama

Minato Ku · #14 Posted **Jan 26, 2014, 2:40 PM**

An update, this time more focuced on the interior.

The Canopy is build above a functioning mall.

Some picture of the interior

Minato Ku · #15 Posted **Feb 13, 2014, 1:09 PM**

Pictures by Franck Badaire

mousquet · #16 Posted **Feb 13, 2014, 10:02 PM**

Pffffff... hell, of course I have to be obnoxious to that shocking thing. I think the first 2 pics are quite telling about their way too large canopy. Nothing short of worrying and even appalling to me. It seems oppressive when you're standing underneath that thing, and hilariously large and flat, something crushed like a crêpe (some French pancake) from above outside. Haïaïaïe... We'll see how it feels once you're actually standing in there, but I've got a bad feeling about this. It's just both too wide and low ceiling, causing an oppressive feeling to be crushed in there.