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The historical centre of Paris, the Ile de la Cite, is notably home to the Hotel-Dieu hospital, Notre-Dame cathedral, Saint-Chapelle, the Palais de justice law court and the flower market. The core of Paris remains, however, largely unknown. In December 2015, Dominique Perrault, architect of the Bibliotheque nationale de France on the Francois-Mitterrand and the renovation of the Dufour Pavilion at the Chateau de Versailles, and Philippe Belaval, president of the Centre des monuments nationaux, presented a reflection on rethinking the Ile de la Cite with a timeline of 2040. How can this Unesco World Heritage Site, abandoned by Parisians, be modernised and acquire a breath of life and mobility? With its rich collection of archival documents, engravings, maps and photographs, the book highlights the island's various renovation and redevelopment projects imagined throughout history, while questioning its current role. To integrate this exceptional site into the city of tomorrow, Dominique Perrault and Philippe Belaval have imagined 35 proposals that give the island back a central place, notably thanks to the promotion of its exceptional heritage, a revamping of the circulation between its different centres of gravity and the development of its substrata and its foundations as well as its riverside paths. AUTHORS: Dominique Perrault is an architect and urban planner, an engaged actor in contemporary architecture. Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, lecturer and member of the Academie des Beaux Arts since 2015, he has many large-scale projects to his credit that have established his international reputation. Architect of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, the Velodrome and the Olympic swimming pool in Berlin, the extension of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, he recently renovated the Dufour Pavilion at the Chateau de Versailles. Philippe Belaval is a French senior official, president of the Centre des monuments nationaux since 2012. Holder of a master's in public law, a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Toulouse, alumnus of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale and general director of the Opera de Paris, he has been a member of the Conseil d'Etat since 1979. SELLING POINT: . An impressive rethinking of the core of Paris by star architect Dominique Perrault 200 colour, 50 b/w images

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Dominique Perrault is an architect and urban planner, an engaged actor in contemporary architecture. Professor at the Ecole polytechnique de Lausanne, lecturer and member of the Academie des Beaux Arts since 2015, he has many large-scale projects to his credit that have established his international reputation. Architect of the Bibliotheque nationale de France, the Velodrome and the Olympic swimming pool in Berlin, and the extension of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, he recently renovated the Dufour Pavilion at the Chateau de Versailles. Philippe Belaval is a French senior official, president of the Centre des monuments nationaux since 2012. Holder of a master's in public law, a graduate of the Institut d'etudes politiques de Toulouse, alumnus of the Institut des hautes etudes de defense nationale and general director of the Opera de Paris, he has been a member of the Conseil d'Etat since 1979.

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