Detail, terra cotta tile cladding and outer glass facade creating air gap for heat exchange
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Detail, terra cotta tile cladding and outer glass facade creating air gap for heat exchange
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Creator:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Italian architectural firm, founded 1981)
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Italian architectural firm, founded 1981)
Creator
Location:
site: Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
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site: Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
Location
Location Note:
6th arrondissement; 50 Quai Charles de Gaulle
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6th arrondissement; 50 Quai Charles de Gaulle
Location Note
GPS:
45.785278 4.858056
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45.785278 4.858056
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Date:
1986-2006 (creation)
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1986-2006 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
French
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French
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Twentieth century; Twenty-first century
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Twentieth century; Twenty-first century
Style Period
Work Type 1:
convention center
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convention center
Work Type 1
Work Type 2:
hotel (public accommodation)
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hotel (public accommodation)
Work Type 2
Work Type 3:
mixed-use development
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mixed-use development
Work Type 3
Classification:
architecture
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architecture
Classification
Material:
terra cotta cladding; steel; glass
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terra cotta cladding; steel; glass
Material
Technique:
construction (assembling)
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construction (assembling)
Technique
Measurements:
15 hr (area, site)
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15 hr (area, site)
Measurements
Description:
The Lyon Convention Centre (part of the district known as the Cité Internationale) was built on the bank of the Rhône river to enable Lyon to host major international conferences. The river lies on one side of the 15 hectare site, the Parc de la Tête d’Or on the other. It includes underground public parking of 1,200 spaces (total area parking is 3,350 spaces), an exhibition area of 8,400 m2, 26 meeting rooms, a residential hotel (104 units), a 4-star hotel, three auditoriums and a 4000-m2 public square. It can accommodate up to 19,000 people. The facades of the complex cover almost a kilometer. It is also a performance venue. The rest of the Cité Internationale includes offices, restaurants, a casino, cinema, and a museum of contemporary art. The scheme is composed of pairs of buildings, built in phases, on either side of a central pedestrian street, and creates new visual and physical links between the park and the river. Clad in terracotta, this was the first RPBW project to introduce an extra outer layer of glass facade, enclosing an air gap that acts as a heat exchanger. (Source: Renzo Piano Building Workshop [firm website]; http://www.rpbw.com/ )
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The Lyon Convention Centre (part of the district known as the Cité Internationale) was built on the bank of the Rhône river to enable Lyon to host major international conferences. The river lies on one side of the 15 hectare site, the Parc de la Tête d’Or on the other. It includes underground public parking of 1,200 spaces (total area parking is 3,350 spaces), an exhibition area of 8,400 m2, 26 meeting rooms, a residential hotel (104 units), a 4-star hotel, three auditoriums and a 4000-m2 public square. It can accommodate up to 19,000 people. The facades of the complex cover almost a kilometer. It is also a performance venue. The rest of the Cité Internationale includes offices, restaurants, a casino, cinema, and a museum of contemporary art. The scheme is composed of pairs of buildings, built in phases, on either side of a central pedestrian street, and creates new visual and physical links between the park and the river. Clad in terracotta, this was the first RPBW project to introduce an extra outer layer of glass facade, enclosing an air gap that acts as a heat exchanger. (Source: Renzo Piano Building Workshop [firm website]; http://www.rpbw.com/ )
