The project was approved in 2019 by the City of Paris.

The Paris administrative court has just given the green light to the private project to renovate the Montparnasse Tower, which provides for an elevation of 20 meters with the addition of an agricultural greenhouse at its top.

"There is now no longer a legal brake when starting work".

The court validated Thursday the building permit issued by the City, ruling the project of the Tour Maine-Montparnasse Complex (EITMM), the co-owners of the tower, in accordance with the local urban plan (PLU) of the capital itself. "If he does not comply with the maximum height rules provided".

"Materials more in line with today's challenges and standards"

Exceptions to these rules are however possible "when the modifications of an existing building allow it to be brought up to standards and the improvement of its energy performance", estimated the court to justify its green light, based on the documents which anticipate " significant energy savings ”and“ better sound insulation ”.

"Materials and construction techniques more in line with today's challenges and standards were chosen", also affirms the court for whom the thickening of the first 13 floors, added to the change of the glazed facades, will make it possible to "strengthen the 'insulation' and 'cut off the downdrafts that hit pedestrians and residents'.

The project aims to "give back a strong, innovative, dynamic and modern identity" to the tower

"From an aesthetic point of view, the rehabilitation of the Tower is accompanied by architectural research leading to a harmonious result", also explained the court.

Baptized "Demain Montparnasse", the winning project, carried by the group of architects Nouvelle AOM, aims to "give back a strong, innovative, dynamic and modern identity" to the tower erected in 1973, the highest in Paris (209 meters) after the Eiffel Tower.

In 2019, this project raised the opposition of several associations for the defense of the environment and the landscape, unhappy with the heightening.

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