1/6 · Exterior · Grande halle de la Villette @ ParisPhoto: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source2/6 · Exterior · Grande halle de La Villette in ParisPhoto: Photography: Teofilo · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source3/6 · Exterior · Grande halle de la Villette @ ParisPhoto: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source4/6 · Exterior · La Villette @ ParisPhoto: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source5/6 · Interior · (La Villette) Parc de La Villette/Galerie de La Villette Former slaughterhouses, closed in 1974Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source6/6 · Interior · (La Villette) Parc de La Villette/Galerie de La Villette Former slaughterhouses, closed in 1974Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source
Culture & sport · Historic precedent
Grande halle de la Villette
Jules de Mérindol, Louis-Adolphe Janvier; Bernard Reichen, Philippe Robert (1985) · Paris, France · 1867
Key features250 x 85 m cast-iron and glass cattle hall, restored in 1985 as a cultural centre.
Adaptive reuse
Steel & glass
Structure as expression
Architect
Jules de Mérindol, Louis-Adolphe Janvier; Bernard Reichen, Philippe Robert (1985)