Ar. Jean Nouvel: Awards and Honors

Ar.
Jean nouvel
BORN
August 12, 1945
Fumel, France
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pritzker Prize (2008)

Praemium Imperiale (2001)
Aga Khan Award (1989)
“ It is not possible to design always the

same. How to be different in each
different place that is the most
important work and duty of the architect
to find out”.
AJN - Ar. Jean nouvel
• French Architect Jean Nouvel, who designed his
buildings to “create a visual landscape” that fit
their context—sometimes by making them
contrast with the surrounding area.
• Since the beginning of his architectural career in

the 1970s, Frenchman Jean nouvel created his
own stylistic language.
• He places enormous importance on designing a

building harmonious with its surroundings.
• In his own words, Nouvel says, “Critics have

• Nouvel's biggest idea is what he calls "dematerialization", the
defined me as a conceptual architect, that is,
"interplay of light and materiality", which "gives the
one who works more with words than with
impression that materials have vanished”.
drawings. • His focus into architecture is one that reflects the modernity of
our time.
• I mistrust drawings as fixing things too early in
• New technologies and materials in his designs to create an
the creative process, while words liberate.
architecture that relates to the specific context - based on a
different strategy for each project every time.
LOUVRE MUSEUM,
ABU DHABI, UAE
Area: 97000 m²
Year: 2017
• A lattice dome dominates the design for this art
museum and cultural center in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
• With a diameter of nearly 600 feet (180 meters),

Nouvel’s multi-layered lattice is acting both as
protection for the historic collection of art and
artifacts and as a lattice filter for the sun, which
becomes starlight to interior spaces. Over 50 separate
buildings — galleries, cafes, and meeting places
around the dome disc, which itself is surrounded by
waterways.
Top View
Section
Rain of light
• The dome has complex pattern and highly geometric
design.
• The pattern is repeated at various sizes and angles in
the eight superimposed layers.
• At night, it forms 7,850 stars visible from both inside
and out.
Institut du Monde Arabe
PARIS, FRANCE
Year: 1987
• Symbols from Arabian culture combine with high-tech
glass and steel. On the south side, the wall is covered with
the kind of latticed screens found on balconies in Arab
countries.
• The screens are grids of automated lenses used to control
the light entering the interior spaces.
• The aluminum lenses are arranged in a geometric pattern
and covered with glass. To regulate light, Nouvel invented
an automated lens system that operates like a camera
shutter.
N
AGBAR TOWER,
BARCELONA
Year 2005
Height 144.44 m
Floors 35
• Nouvel drew inspiration from Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí when he
designed the cylindrical Agbar Tower in Barcelona, Spain.
• The skyscraper is based on the catenary curve — a parabola shape formed by a
hanging chain.
• The 473-foot (144 meters) Agbar Tower is constructed of reinforced concrete
sheathed with coloured glass panels, reminiscent of the colorful tiles on
buildings by Antoni Gaudí.
• At night, the exterior architecture is brilliantly illuminated with LED lights
shining from more than 4,500 window openings. Glass blinds are motorized,
opening and closing automatically to regulate the temperature inside the
building.
• some south-facing materials are photovoltaic and generate electricity.
National Museum of
Qatar
Year 2019
Area 52000 m2
• The building design is inspired by “The desert rose” commonly
found in the deserts of the Gulf region.
• The system of interlocking disks surrounding the historic palace
like necklace looks as if it’s been propagated organically.
• The desert-rose form evokes the culture and climate of Qatar. It
emerges from the ground and merges with it.
• The shadows created by overhanging elements allow visitors to
stroll around outside at the same time as protecting the interior
from light and heat.
• The sand-colored concrete cladding is in harmony with the local
environment.
Bibliography
http://www.jeannouvel.com/en
https://en.wikiarquitectura.com
https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/
https://www.archdaily.com/
Group Members
Paresh Patel
Bhagyesh Dhande
Rudra Pandya

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AWARDS AND HONORS

Pritzker Prize (2008)

“ It is not possible to design always the

• Since the beginning of his architectural career in

• He places enormous importance on designing a

• In his own words, Nouvel says, “Critics have

• With a diameter of nearly 600 feet (180 meters),

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