“Odyssee Pleyel”, or “Energy Plug”

Paris architecture firm Jakob + MacFarlane has designed a retractable wood and glass exhibition hall for the Saint-Denis area of Paris. As a winning project in the C40 international “Reinventing Cities” competition, the project was made to reflect the historical industrial heritage of the surrounding context. Dubbed Odyssee Pleyel, the hall aims to showcase thought-leadership in carbon-neutral development and the global clean energy transition.

The team, working in partnership with EDF (Électricité de France), presented the urban and architectural project to be representative of zero-carbon energy solutions. The project will result in the rehabilitation of the former monumental devatting hall in the Pleyel district of Saint-Denis, at the gates of the future Olympic village of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. 

Odyssée Pleyel is a model building that can be adapted to climate change, in Saint-Denis and other metropolises: a modular and reversible wooden extension, integrated with a greenhouse and solar panels which are attached to the existing building. Thanks to the latter, this former industrial site will become a self-sufficient producer of renewable energy.

“ENERGY PLUG”

The rehabilitation of the former Pleyel devatting hall in Saint-Denis functions through a three-part architectural system referred to as an “Energy Plug”. The great hall, a concrete “cathedral” over 24 meters in height and over 85 years old, will be returned to its original form, after light treatment to ensure its conservation, and will enable the exploration of its vast volumes. 

 Materials provided by Jakob + MacFarlane

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