FORUM DES HALLES

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Title	FORUM DES HALLES
View	Les Halles, view within one of the arcades
Notes	commercial, cultural, recreational, leisure, station
Work Type	mixed-use shopping mall retail garden metro station trellis urban park
Style/Period	Modern
Creator Name	Vasconi, Claude
Creator Nationality	French
School of Creator	Modern
Contributors to Project	engineers Jean Willerval and Jean Prouve
Major Design Aspects	historical reference futuristic stair as feature incorporates public art
Elements & Spatial Types	sunken plaza
Climate Type	temperate
Country	France
City	Paris
State/Province	Ile-de-France
Art Medium	glass, steel
Dates	opened in 1977
Century	20C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	7/31/1997
Subject Information	The Forum des Halles sits on the grounds of the famous old market Halles. For more than eight hundred years these grounds served as the central marketplace for Paris. By the late-20th century the city was forced to relocate the hundreds of food stands and cafés to a suburban area called Rungis. The city decided to turn the le trou des Halles (the hole of the Halles) into what we now know as the Forum des Halles. The Forum des Halles is a park at ground level, a large underground mall, and below that, the world's largest underground subway station. Surrounding the Forum des Halls are numerous shops and restaurants.
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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