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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

Pekka VapaavuoriPekka Vapaavuori

1994 · Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19871994
PlaceParis, Ile-de-France, FranceTurku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Place contextParis, Ile-de-France, FranceRepresentative site: Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Climate7°C · 14.0h daylight · 9 km/h wind5°C · 15.0h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Kumu Art Museum
FocusCultural institute1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jean Nouvel
  • Pekka Vapaavuori
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Notable works

  • Kumu Art Museum
Typologies
  • cultural center
  • institutional building
  • museum
  • museum
  • art museum
  • cultural building
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • limestone
  • glass
  • copper
Carbon signals

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

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Glass

Copper, Glass, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Copper
  • Glass
  • Stone
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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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