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THE BUILDING THAT ISN’T THERE

THE BUILDING THAT ISN’T THERE

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145 rue La Fayette, Paris

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You would think it an ordinary Parisian building. Five floors, four windows, an unassuming façade. What is out of the ordinary? No one goes in or out; the door never slams; the lights never switch on. Not one sign of life. That is because it is but a shell. Since the beginning of the 1980s and the construction of the tunnel linking the metro stops Chatelet to Gare du Nord, the site was converted into a massive air vent for the RER’s B line. In architecture, this is called façadism. Save the façade, but nothing else. Not even the roof. But nothing stops you from renting a helicopter to see for yourself.145 rue La Fayette 75010
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