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Institut du monde arabe in 5th arrondissement of Paris, France

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Institut du Monde Arabe

1987 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Institut du Monde Arabe

Paris, Ile-de-France, France · City-level coordinates only

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Institut du Monde Arabe

1987 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Álvaro Siza VieiraÁlvaro Siza Vieira

Porto, Portugal

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1987Unrecorded
PlaceParis, Ile-de-France, FrancePorto, Portugal
Place contextParis, Ile-de-France, FranceRepresentative site: Matosinhos, Porto District, Portugal
Climate12°C · 14.0h daylight · 13 km/h wind14°C · 13.5h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Boa Nova Tea House
FocusCultural institute6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jean Nouvel
  • Alvaro Siza
  • Álvaro Siza Vieira
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Notable works

  • Boa Nova Tea House
  • Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto
  • New Orleans (Rotterdam)
  • Gramaxo Foundation
Typologies
  • cultural center
  • institutional building
  • museum
  • hospitality
  • coastal building
  • restaurant
  • education
  • school
  • campus building
  • housing
  • cultural
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • concrete
  • wood
  • glass
  • stucco
Carbon signals

Aluminum, Steel, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Glass

Concrete, Glass, and Stucco look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stucco
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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