This document summarizes Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe building in Paris. It provides background on Nouvel and his philosophy of merging insider and outsider perspectives. The Institut du Monde Arabe was a collaboration between Arab countries and France to showcase cultural fusion. Nouvel's design features two volumes around an inner courtyard, with distinctive north and south facades made of aluminum, glass and intricate windows. The building utilizes light, space and circulation elements like a glass atrium to create varied interior effects.

1. INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE

2. Content
Jean Nouvel
ProfileJean Nouvel
WorkInstitut Du Monde
Arabe
Interior
Exterior

3. Born: August 12
1945
Nationality:
French
Education : Ecole
Des Beaux Arts,
Paris
Founding
member of
Syndicat de
l’architecture.
Awards:
Wolf Prize in Art
2005
Pritzker Price
2008
Jean Nouvel

4. PHILISOPHY
“If They Can’t
figure out who it
is, that means its
me”
-Jean Nouvel
A MASTER WITHOUT STYLE
• Merging an insider’s
knowledge with an
outsider’s perspective
• Attention to façade
detailing

5. Torre Glories,
Barcelona
Musee de Quai,
France
Philharmonie de
Paris Copenhagen Concert Hall
One Central Park
Sydney Australia
Cartier Foundation,
Paris

6. INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE
SHOWCASING
CULTURAL FUSION
IMA was produced through collaboration
with the countries of the Arab league and
French government. The aim was to create a
destination devoted to the relationship of
Arab culture with France.

7. Architects Jean Nouvel, Architecture-Studio
Location Arab World Institute, 1 Rue des Fossés
Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Project Year 1987
Floor space: 16,894 m2
Cost: 230 000 000 €
OVERVIEW

8. • IMA responds to its
immediate context
in plan.
• It has 2 main
volumes
encompassing an
inner courtyard.
• The north mass has
9 stories
• The south mass has
11
LOCATION
C O M P O S I T I O N
S U R R O U N D I N G S

10. North Facade
• Curtain walls made
with aluminum and
glass.
• Serves as an
interface with the
historic
neighborhoods of
Paris

11. South Facade
• The unique
windows are a
reminiscent of the
intricate Arab
patterns seen in
the
moucharabiyeh

12. The System

13. LIGHTING, SPACE AND
CIRCULATION
WIDE, LUMINOUS SPACE AROUND THE
COUTYARD
VARIOUS INTERIOR EFFECTS
MULTISTORY GLASS ATRIUM WRAPPED WITH
STEEL STAIRCASE

14. THE AUDITORIUM

15. HIGH COUNCIL ROOM
• On 9th floor
• Transparent
walls
• Smoking room
HALFWAY BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

16. HYPOSTYLE HALL
PERSISTENT
GEOMETRY
• IN BASEMENT
• PURELY ABSTRACT SPACE
• SENCE OF INFINITY
• EVOKES LUXOR TEMPLE

17. LIBRAIRYANDBOOKTOWER
• Spans across 3 floors
• Connected through book tower
• Culminated in the high council
room
• Reminiscent of the great
mosque of Samarra

21. REFERENCES
• https://www.imarabe.org/en/architecture
• http://www.archdaily.com/162101/ad-classics-
institut-du-monde-arabe-jean-nouvel
• https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-
monument/71189/Institut-du-Monde-Arabe
• http://www.architecture-
studio.fr/fr/projets/pastb1/institut_du_monde_arabe.ht
ml• https://fr.wikiarquitectura.com/b%C3%A2timent/i
nstitut-du-monde-arabe/
• https://inhabitat.com/jean-nouvels-stunning-
museum-facade-dilates-to-let-in-daylight/