The development of the Alta tower, the loopy audacity of Edouard Philippe in Le Havre | EUROtoday

In an astonishing twist, the Alta tower stretches its 17 flooring to the sky of Le Havre. This construction with horizontal strains that runs on itself is deemed to mix the white roundness of the volcano, the emblematic cultural heart designed by Oscar Niemeyer, and the rectilinear rigidity of the town heart. Completely rebuilt after the warfare by the workshop of the architect Auguste Perret, he has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage since 2005.

Is Alta a tribute to the tormented historical past of the Norman port metropolis, or a loopy audacity? The mayor (Horizons), Edouard Philippe, “Make choices that may cost us the UNESCO rankingis alarmed Isabelle Le Coz, candidate of the national rally in the legislative elections of 2024. Which would be dramatic “. For the time being, “It didn’t make a scandalrecognizes the leader of Le Havre Ecologists, Laurent Martin. It will come the day we lose the label … but I have the impression that the mayor does not care..

The Greens spokesperson considers that the councilor is disinterested in the architectural heritage of the city. “There are numerous declinehe says :: leaks within the water community, concrete pillars that crumble … ” The renovation of the middle is engaged and continues, retorts the municipal group, notably evoking the reopening of the Museum of Natural History with the redevelopment of the adjoining place.

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