Jean Nouvel is a renowned French architect celebrated for his innovative and avant-garde designs. His works, including the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the Louvre Abu Dhabi, blend modernity with cultural sensitivity, pushing the boundaries of architecture. Nouvel's iconic structures reflect a commitment to creativity, sustainability, and social engagement.

1. JEAN
NOUVEL
“Art should be created for life,
not for the museum. “

2. LIFE AND FACTS
• Jean Nouvel (born 12 August 1945) is a French architect.
• Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was
a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de
l'Architecture.
• He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over
the course of his career:
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture
- the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005
-the Pritzker Prize in 2008

3. AWARDS AND HONOUR
 ARAB WORLD INSTITUTE, PARIS(FRANCE)
 GUTHRIE THEATER, MINNEAPOLIS(US)
 MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, PARIS(FRANCE)
 COPENHAGEN CONCERT HALL, COPENHAGEN(DENMARK)
 LE LOUVRE, ABU DHABI

4. ARCHITECTURE STYLE AND PHILOSOPHY
For me , architecture is an modification. A little modification
of a landscape, a part of acity , a complement to others
buildings , a testimony of an epoch and so on. It’s not a kind
of sculpture.”
My research is always around the idea of specificity and I
don’t like to repeat the same vocabulary or to do the same
architecture on every spot on the earth.”

5. TIME LINE
1987: Arab World Institute, Paris 2005: Agbar Tower, Barcelona
2006: Quai Branly Museum, Paris
2006: Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
1994: Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris

6. 2017: Louvre Abu Dhabi
2015: Philharmonie de Paris
2010: 100 11th Avenue, New York City
2007: 40 Mercer Street, New York City
2014: One Central Park, Sydney

7. • The AWI is located in a building known as
the Institut du Monde Arabe, the same
name as the institute, on Rue des Fossés
Saint Bernard in the 5th arrondissement of
Paris, France.
• It was constructed from 1981 to 1987 and
has floor space of 181,850 square feet
(16,894 m2).
• Architecture-Studio, together with Jean
Nouvel, won the 1981 design
competition with a highly original plan for
a difficult site that, over the years, have
proven to be a successful design solution.
ARAB WORLD INSTITUTE, PARIS

8. • The building acts as a buffer zone between
the Jussieu Campus of Pierre and Marie
Curie University (Paris VI), built in large
rationalist urban blocks, and the Seine.
• The river façade follows the curve of the
waterway, reducing the hardness of a
rectangular grid and offering an inviting view
from the Sully Bridge.
• At the same time the building appears to fold
itself back in the direction of the Saint-
Germain-des-Prés district.

9. • In contrast to the curved
surface on the river side, the
southwest façade is an
uncompromisingly
rectangular glass-clad curtain
wall.
• It faces a large square public
space that opens toward
the Île de la Cité and Notre
Dame.
• Visible behind the glass wall,
a metallic screen unfolds
with moving geometric
motifs.

10. • The motifs are actually 240 photo-sensitive motor-controlled apertures, or shutters, which act
as a sophisticated brise soleil that automatically opens and closes to control the amount of light
and heat entering the building from the sun.
• The mechanism creates interior spaces with filtered light — an effect often used
in Islamic architecture with its climate-
oriented strategies.
• The innovative use of technology and success of the building's design catapulted Nouvel to
fame and is one of the cultural reference points of Paris.

11. The building
houses a
museum, library,
auditorium,
restaurant, and
offices.
• The motifs are actually 240 photo-sensitive motor-controlled apertures, or shutters, which act as a
sophisticated brise soleil that automatically opens and closes to control the amount of light and heat
entering the building from the sun.
• The mechanism creates interior spaces with filtered light — an effect often used
in Islamic architecture with its climate-
oriented strategies.
• The innovative use of technology and success of the building's design catapulted Nouvel to fame and is
one of the cultural reference points of Paris.

12. • The Musée du quai Branly (MQB), known in English as the Quai Branly Museum, is a museum in Paris,
France that features indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the
Americas.
QUAI BRANLY MUSEUM, PARIS

13. • The "green wall" (200m long by 12m high) on
part of the exterior of the museum was
designed and planted by Gilles Clément and
Patrick Blanc.
• At installation this was quite healthy and
vibrant; however, in winter, the direct
exposure of the plants to north winds blowing
over the open expanse of the Seine river
causes regular frost damage even though the
support system for the plants' roots, irrigation
and drainage has proved to be perfectly
adequate on the less exposed east facade of
the building and in other places in Paris
where it is used.

14. • The museum's frontage facing onto quai Branly
features very tall glass paneling which allows its
interior gardens to be remarkably quiet only
metres from the busy street in front of them.
• Landscaping has been done with respect to
the original topography of the site.

15. THANK YOU
MADE BY – RADHIKA VYAS
VEDANT SOMPURA