Posted on 7/7/2015
Figueras International Seating, in partnership with Jean Nouvel Ateliers, has created the seating furnishing the new temple to music in Paris: the Philharmonie. The recently opened building is a unique architectural work in the Parc de La Villette in the French capital. The seating installed was specifically created for the hall and is named after it.
Jean Nouvel has given the concert hall a unique shape - it is an adjustable space that surrounds the spectator. The audience sit in cascading balconies which create a sensation of being suspended in mid-air, surrounded by music. The architect, Jean Nouvel, and the main acoustic engineer for the hall, Sir Harold Marshall of Marshall Day Acoustics, have created a hall with...