The banks of the River Seine in Paris will soon be adorned with a new building : the “Cité de la mode et du design”.

Brendan MacFarlane and Dominique Jakob are the architects of this octopus-like renovation of old Parisian markets. They put this kind of a ‘green wave’ on the ancient skeleton.

I think it’s a quite an event in Paris, firstly because the ‘fashion’ town now owns a fashion & design center (yeees, it was time!) and secondly because it seems like an architectural earthquake in Paris’ docks!

Even though Paris docks is located in an area with many modern construction projects, they are still a symbol of ancient architecture. It’s like a break in this architecturally conservative city.

I think actually it’s time to build more ‘daring’ architecture, we have all the substance in our hands and brains to do it… No more nostalgic state-of-mind!

And now let’s hope the center keeps all its promises to creative people and builds it as awesome as its green wave.