Here are some photos of the recently-completed mixed-use urban block Le Monolith in Lyon, France, masterplanned by Dutch studio MVRDV and designed by five different architects.
The building incorporates social housing, rental property, offices, retail and accommodation for disabled people.
Five distinct sections were each designed by a different architect; the collaborating firms are French architects ECDM, Manuelle Gautrand and Pierre Gautier, and Dutch studios MVRDV and Erick van Egeraat.
MVRDV were responsible for the south-facing waterfront section, where aluminium shutters shield the interiors from sunlight.
When these shutters are closed, letters on the facade spell out the first article of the European Constitution.
See Erick van Egeraat’s portion in our earlier story.
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Photographs are by Philippe Ruault.
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