This hotel marks the entrance to the large new mixed development zone designed by Christian de Portzamparc at the Porte d’Asnières and will serve as a signal on the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road), mainly for drivers. A kinetic design was therefore selected, which takes two forms:
- a signal in the form of a corner tower cantilevered off a pedestal which corresponds to the scale of the mixed development zone;
- a “vibrating” façade whose appearance changes with movement.
The materials – polished black granite, transparent and translucent glass, and cladding and grilles in sheet stained aluminium – accentuate the graphical character of the façade.