Konzeption für ein neues einfaltbares Dach des Court Suzanne-Lenglen in Paris (FR)

The architectural project aims to bring an additional value to the “French Open” site, in line with the work done previously with the retractable roofing of the Philippe Chatrier court and the construction of the new Simone Mathieu court, in the Auteuil glasshouses sector. The architectural intervention not only creates a roof but also proposes a large-scale architectural ensemble whose silhouette dialogues both with the surrounding landscape and the architecture of the existing building. The roof appears to levitate above the court, and preserve the integrity of the existing volume by defining a U-shaped pure and technical structure, open to the peaks of the Bois de Boulogne. Above the existing stands, the cover comprises a mobile part, made of canvas, inspired by the pleating of a fashion piece, and a fixed part that provides support for the mobile roof and integrates all the necessary equipment for its rapid unfolding and folding.