Shigeru Ban on La Seine Musicale | Concrete Icons | Dezeen

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban explains how his egg-shaped music auditorium acts as a western gateway to Paris in the last instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. The video features La Seine Musicale, a music complex that houses a large multipurpose concert hall and a smaller auditorium. The musical facility is located on the Ile Seguin island near Paris’s western suburbs, occupying a third of French architect Jean Nouvel’s mixed-use masterplan of the island. Additional footage courtesy of La Seine Musicale, by Arthur Maneint, Hensli Sage and Noesys Prod. Read more on Dezeen: WATCH NEXT: Sou Fujimoto on his learning centre for the University of St Gallen - Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest architecture and design movies: Like Dezeen on Facebook: Follow Dezeen on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Check out our Pinterest: