The Grand Palais, closed for five years for renovations, was replaced until 2024 by an ephemeral structure located opposite the Ecole Militaire.
"We will be able to give concerts and parades there. Part of the Olympic Games will also take place here", specifies the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte at the microphone of Europe 1.
It is a large cross-shaped building, all in wood, with glass facades overlooking the Eiffel Tower.
The ephemeral Grand Palais, located in Paris on the Champs de Mars, opposite the Military School, opened on Saturday.
This ultramodern building will replace the Grand Palais for four years, under construction until 2025. Built in barely seven months, the building is fully modular.
Its programming begins this weekend with a dance performance by choreographer Boris Charmatz.
Excellent acoustics
"We will be able to give concerts there, we will be able to give parades. Part of the Olympic Games will also take place here, wrestling and judo in particular. What is interesting is that we can put on an art exhibition. contemporary today, tomorrow a fashion show. The metal structures make it possible to make bleachers, with up to 9,000 seats ", specifies the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte at the microphone of Europe 1.
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The midnight blue dome provides excellent acoustics. According to Emmanuel Markovitch, director general of the meeting of national museums. "Our first priority is to be able to have something that fits into the environment and does not disturb the neighbors, who are very close." The ephemeral Grand Palais will be dismantled at the end of 2024, after the Olympic Games, and reassembled elsewhere in France.