The mission was the transformation of a former branch of the Banque de France, a listed historical monument, into a City specifically focused on presenting economic and money-related themes with a highly educational and play-oriented approach. The contractor’s missions include architectural, scenographic and museographic elements with a considerable focus on multimedia technologies.
Design competition
The mission was the transformation of a former branch of the Banque de France, a listed historical monument, into a City specifically focused on presenting economic and money-related themes with a highly educational and play-oriented approach. The contractor’s missions include architectural, (…)
Project - Adeline Rispal
The designers focused equal attention on the old Hôtel Gaillard and the later Banque de France buildings, with a clear ambition to widen and enhance the spaces and make more comprehensible the historical additions to the site. Hence, the clearance of the spaces between the buildings and the (…)
Project - Auer+Weber+Assoziierte
The primary element of the Cité de l’Économie et de la Monnaie collection is indeed the building itself. The neo-gothic architecture in brick, very much in its original state, forms the backdrop for an educational and dynamic museum content that highlights the relationship between the past and (…)
Project - Beckmann N’Thépé
According to the designers, restructuring involves a contemporary intervention, the addition of a “21st century” dimension that is in harmony with the earlier styles. The understanding of the different periods of construction has to be underlined. The spaces between the neo-renaissance (…)
Project - Moatti and Rivière
Here, the architecture is itself an educational content and becomes an integral part of the presentation of the economic themes and of the different sequences of the museographic circuit. The context has a guiding role. The Defrasse Hall becomes the distribution hub of the exhibition tour. (…)
Project - Rudy Ricciotti
Oddly, the common thread running through the history, the site identity as well as the present competition project is economics. Our proposed approach to this project is very much in keeping with that of the original architects, Defrasse and Jansen: it essentially involves the addition of new (…)
