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Ten weeks since we last checked in at the site of Tour Saint-Gobain in Paris ' La Défense, and progress has been swift, the 38-storey office tower today only awaiting its cap ahead of structural completion. Designed by  Valode & Pistre Architects  for  Generali Group  and  Hines , Tour Saint-Gobain's lattice-work exterior and signature, multi-storey glass cube that will soon adorn the peak of the tower, will eventually combine to make this a standout project for the architecturally-rich area. 

Tour Saint-Gobain, awaiting its cap, image by Forum contributor Vincent !

Set to be poised above the main tower, the cube will be home to an airy, vegetation-filled observation deck, the base of which can be seen emerging from the current "top" of the structure (below). The cube will give visitors the illusion of floating in a climate controlled greenhouse, the 165-metre tower to provide observers with panoramic views of the city. 

Core emerging from "top" of the tower, image by Forum contributor Vincent !

Just below the cube, the tower itself will not be devoid of interesting visual cues, the exterior's lattice-work appliqué giving the project a thoroughly modern look. Down below, the tower will meet the street with a large public realm element in the form of a concrete staircase and forecourt with direct pedestrian connections to the local street network. 

Tour Saint-Gobain, night shot, image by Forum contributor Vincent !

Tour Saint-Gobain is scheduled for completion by mid-2019, the tower to become the daytime home for 2,200 employees and support staff. Once complete, the project will add to the area's urban vibrancy, this being one of the city's main goals for softening La Défense often harsh, modernist aesthetic and functionality. 

SkyriseCities will be sure to return to this project as progress continues. For more information, check out the associated  Database  file and  Forum  thread, and as always, feel free to join the conversation in the comments section below. 

valode & pistre design sky-high sculptural tower within la défense district in paris

valode & pistre has unveiled the ‘tour saint-gobain’ tower, located within the la défense major business district in paris , france . designed as the future showcase for company saint-gobain’s expertise and international image, the tower is an efficient, functional and flexible link that connects the worlds of the la défense esplanade and ring road, with the courbevoie residential areas.

valode & pistre ‘s primary concern was to create a tower that involves and affects people. the architects aimed to evoke emotions through their scultpural design, employing a new dynamic geometry: rhombohedra. the rhombohedron is a cube with faces shaped as diamonds or parallelograms instead of squares or rectangles. with the same height and volume as a normal straight prism, the silhouette soars upwards and the tower stands out, with its variations compelling the interest in this huge tripartite composition. the observer is also touched by the ambiguous graphic play between the horizontal, the framework of floors on the façade, and the oblique, parallel to the upper and lower faces of the rhombohedra. 

the tower’s distinct, expressive morphology makes it seem like it is floating above the ground. it is arranged in three sections: the main body which houses the office spaces, the lower section that includes the services, and other premises open to the public, and the upper section which is the ‘plein ciel’ (open sky) space. given the tower’s location on the edge of the slab, alongside the ring road, it allows both main and pedestrian access from the esplanade and another access at ring road level that provides an address on the boulevard along with taxi and bicycle access.

the office area section is an elongated rectangle with a slightly off-centre core, providing varying depths from 7 to 12 m. the geometry and framework of the space is highly flexible, allowing a variation in space planning using more or fewer partitions. the floors located on the top prism include the meeting, communication and reception areas, while a restaurant and a large indoor garden complete the facilities. the office areas offer a panoramic view of the city, and the high window lintels, low apron walls and the limited depth of the spaces provide sufficient natural lighting and encourage a relationship with the surroundings. the office floors have accessible, outdoor gardens that are nevertheless protected from the wind. the main hall, combined with the showroom, opens to the esplanade as a sign of welcome.

the tower has been designed with a focus on environmental concerns, with an array of spatial, architectural and technical solution combination making the tower bioclimatic. reversible radiant ceilings and a low-speed air displacement ventilation system were installed, in teaming up with the very high thermal performance of the façade, in order to reach positive environmentally-friendly results. in addition, rainwater is collected for watering the gardens, and the vegetation naturally helps to cool the glasshouses.

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January 14, 2021

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Tour Saint-Gobain, recently completed by Generali Real Estate in La Défense, Paris, tops international sustainability certifications

Paris - Generali Real Estate and Saint-Gobain are proud to announce that the Tour Saint- Gobain hosting the new global headquarters of Saint-Gobain in La Défense, near Paris, has achieved all the four main international environmental certifications at the highest levels.

The most important development project by Generali in Paris, Tour Saint-Gobain* , made sustainability its distinctive mark since the design phase. As a testimony of this environmentally-centric approach, the Tour, completed in early 2020 and to which more than 80 building material solutions provided by Saint-Gobain were used, has recently achieved all the four main international environmental certifications with the highest marks in the scale .

Tour Saint-Gobain is the first, and so far the only, High Rise Building in France having achieved:

• HQE by Certivea - Niveau "Exceptionnel" on all the four themes Environment, Comfort, Health and Energy
• High Energy Performance Label: Effinergie +
• LEED (Building Design and Construction: Core and Shell Development) by U.S. Green Building Council - Platinum certification
• BREEAM International (New Construction) - Outstanding

These achievements, certified by independent and internationally recognized institutions, are a concrete sign of the Generali commitment to actively contribute to set new sustainability benchmarks for the real estate sector and to reduce the environmental footprint of its properties portfolio across Europe, in close collaboration with like-minded, market leader tenants such as Saint-Gobain.

• Key datas and pictures and videos available on https://www.saint-gobain.com/en/saint- gobain-tower

GENERALI REAL ESTATE

Generali Real Estate is one of the world's leading real estate asset managers, with around €31.6bn of assets under management as of 30 June 2020. It leverages on the expertise of more than 430 professionals, with operating units located in the main European cities.

The company's integrated business model covers the full scope of asset management activities and the entire real estate value chain. A series of cross-border investment vehicles, managed by the specialized asset manager GRE SGR, aims to create long- term value for investors with a core/core+ profile by investing in assets characterized by good locations, high liquidity and strong underlying leasing dynamics. The portfolio under management comprises a unique mix of historical and modern properties, ranging from landmark buildings to new architectural masterpieces, which has enabled the company to develop best-in-class skills in the fields of technological innovation, sustainability and urban development. Generali Real Estate is part of the Generali Group, one of the largest global insurance and asset management providers. Established in 1831, it is present in 50 countries, with a total premium income of more than €69.7 billion in 2019, and with nearly 72,000 employees serving 61 million customers.

ABOUT SAINT-GOBAIN

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. Developed through a continuous innovation process, they can be found everywhere in our living places and daily life, providing wellbeing, performance and safety, while addressing the challenges of

sustainable construction, resource efficiency and the fight against climate change. This strategy of responsible growth is guided by the Saint-Gobain purpose, "MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME", which responds to the shared ambition of all the women and men in the Group to act every day to make the world a more beautiful and sustainable place to live in.

€42.6 billion in sales in 2019

More than 170, 000 employees, located in 70 countries Committed to achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050

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Emblem of Saint-Gobain and showcase of its skills, the tower hosts the Group's new headquarters in the heart of the Paris La Défense business district, in the town of Courbevoie.

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"At Saint-Gobain, we have made a promise to our customers. A demanding promise: to offer them well-being where our materials are present, in their homes, in their offices, in their cars ... Performance and thermal comfort, acoustics, visuals and air quality: we make everyday life more pleasant and help preserve the environment. In this way, we want to offer our 2,500 Ile-de-France employees the opportunity to work together, in a single tower integrating our best solutions."

KEY DATA OF THE PROJECT

• 44 levels including 38 above the slab of La Défense
• Over 80 Saint-Gobain materials and solutions
• Start of construction: May 2016 / Delivery: 1st quarter 2020

WHO IS INSTALLED IN THE TOWER?

We have brought together in the Saint-Gobain Tower the headquarters of most of our activities located in Ile-de-France, including the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, SGDBF, Placo, ISOVER, Building Distribution brands (Point.P, CEDEO), Saint-Gobain Glass France and its subsidiaries, as well as the Information Systems Department.

WHAT SAINT-GOBAIN MATERIALS ARE USED?

Over 80 of the Group's essential products have been used:

COOL-LITE® ST BRIGHT SILVER solar control glass, Placo® Activ'Air®, weber.floor 4630 mortar, SageGlass electrochromic glass, ISOVER Coatwool glass wool, SMU-S channeling system by PAM, the Saint-Gobain Solar Gard Graffitigard 4 MIL window film, the Elance range of glass partitions by Clipper, the Plafometal active ceiling, the Ecophon Akusto Wall C acoustic wall panel.

Certifications 

The new building has received four certifications:

• HQE (High Environmental Quality) by Certivea – Niveau “Exceptionnel” on all the four themes Environment, Comfort, Health and Energy
• High Energy Performance Label: Effinergie +
• LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) : Building Design and Construction: Core and Shell Development by U.S. Green Building Council – Platinum certification
• BREEAM International (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) : New Construction) - Outstanding 

These four certifications make this building a fairly unique achievement from an environmental standpoint.

PROJECT PARTNERS

This project was managed and financed by its owner, the insurer Generali, who, assisted by Hines, commissioned the VINCI group to carry it out.

The architectural, technical and environmental project for the new tower was designed by the Valode & Pistre agency, which was selected by Saint-Gobain and Generali, in consultation with EPADESA, following an international architectural consultation. This project is in line with the strategy of EPADESA and Defacto and perfectly illustrates the attractiveness of Paris La Défense and its influence abroad.

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