STUDIOS collaborated with the latter to produce the necessary studies and designs and ensure that the project respected French regulations, working closely with the city of Paris. STUDIOS also handled the filing of building permits and oversaw works.

The projected was selected to serve as the pilot project for adapting the French HQE sustainable design certification for commercial buildings to cultural buildings.

Serving as intermediary between Gehry Partners and the different players involved, STUDIOS was entrusted with the role of guardian and coordinator of the Digital Project, essential to respecting the geometry and the interfaces between the different volumes, in close collaboration with Gehry Partners and the different design teams.

Several ATEX (technical evaluations of experimentation) were required to implement unprecedented technical solutions that answered the demands of this highly exceptional project.

During works, STUDIOS also served as the cultural intermediary between the design architect and the European companies who handled 2D and 3D studies and accompanied the different players in their understanding of the building’s geometric complexity.

The building rises from a reflecting pool fed by a waterfall. Like icebergs, its sculptural volumes are wrapped in glass sails that float above terrace gardens and emerge from the foliage of the Bois de Boulogne.

The Louis Vuitton Foundation features a dozen exhibition galleries of varying shapes and sizes, as well as a bookstore, a restaurant and an auditorium whose mobile seating allows for a host of different configurations.