Although Paris is one of the biggest and fast-changing metropolises of the world, the Parisian skyline appears rather restricted to regulations that aim to preserve the existing landscape, limiting opportunities for vertical expansion of the city. High-rise buildings are, therefore, prevented from growing in the city’s urban core, which makes any attempt to submit such a proposal quite a challenging issue.
Skyframe responds to the above challenge by integrating an “absent shape” into the Parisian skyline. The building is conforming to a regular shape inside which a more complex negative shape is growing that acts as a landmark for the city. A reversion of the commonly found relationship between exterior and interior space is here introduced.