Architect:
\nMarcel Breuer (1902-1981), Bernard Zehrfuss (1911-1996)<\/p>\n
Name of the building:
\nUNESCO headquarters, Conference building<\/p>\n
Site:
\nPlace de Fontenoy, Paris (FR)<\/p>\n
Client:
\nUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<\/p>\n
Contractors:
\nSoc. Fourr\u00e9 & Rhodes (absorbed by Groupe Eiffiage SA.);
\nSoc. Dumez (absorbed by Vinci Construction)<\/p>\n
Engineer:
\nPier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979)<\/p>\n
Other actors:
\nLuther H. Evans (UNESCO Director-General);
\nEugene H. Callison (chief engineer of the technical office);
\nLucio Costa (member of \u201cComit\u00e9 des Cinq\u201d);
\nWalter Gropius (member of \u201cComit\u00e9 des Cinq\u201d);
\nLe Corbusier (member of \u201cComit\u00e9 des Cinq\u201d);
\nSven Markelius (member of \u201cComit\u00e9 des Cinq\u201d);
\nErnesto N. Rogers (member of \u201cComit\u00e9 des Cinq\u201d)<\/p>\n
Building permit:
\n1953<\/p>\n
Start of construction works:
\n1954<\/p>\n
Project variations:
\n1952 first project in Bois de Boulogne<\/p>\n
End of construction works:
\n1958<\/p>\n
Construction system:
\nLarge concrete roof, undulated with variable undulations depending on the variation
\nof the moments. This particular structure is rigid and statically completed by a slab of
\nvariable thickness that starting from the lower edge of the waves rises to the top to
\ngive the necessary resistance to the positive moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I quartieri generali dell’UNESCO, a Parigi, sono frutto dalla collaborazione tra Marcel Breuer, Bernard Zehrfusse e Pier Luigi Nervi. Il complesso \u00e8 composto da 3 differenti volumi: Il Segretariato, edificio principale di sette piani;L\u2019edificio delle Conferenze, collegato al Segretariato dalla \u201cSolle des Pas Perdus\u201d; l\u2019edificio delle Delegazioni, struttura di quattro piani.
\nL\u2019edificio delle Conferenze, a pianta trapezoidale, si ancora al suolo grazie ad un elemento corrugato che funge da copertura e poi si piega per diventare appoggio e parete\u00a0perimetrale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":565,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-204","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","architect-breuer-zehrfuss-nervi","year-1953-1958"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/projects\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}