Studio Gang is on track to complete the University of Chicago’s John W. Boyer Center in Paris by October 2024, the school’s new international outpost in the 13th Arrondissement. This ex novo district, called Paris Rive Gauche, isn’t Haussmann’s conception of broad boulevards and a unified vocabulary. It’s also not the postwar economic dream of La Défense on axis to the city’s historic core. It’s something Paris hasn’t seen yet: Platformed upon a massive train yard on a strict grid, the site offers firms like Studio Gang, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, and Dominique Perrault Architecture the chance to ignore Paris altogether.

➜ Going Gauche: In Paris, Studio Gang’s new John W. Boyer Center for the University of Chicago nears the finish line, published by The Architect’s Newspaper, 2024

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