© Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti / all photos and plans OMA © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018
The new Galerie Lafayette Anticipations, not far from the Centre Pompidou, reveals an innovative concept of how a listed building can be extended without impairing the existing fabric. In the courtyard of an industrial structure dating from the 19th century, a steel-frame construction extending over the full height of the building has been inserted with four platforms that can be moved up and down on vertical toothed racks to any desired level. This tower forms the functional heart of the newly opened foundation, where art is to be exhibited in an innovative setting, and where it is also meant to be created in basement workshops.