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5 unusual facts about Europa City


Europa City

The group is led by a number of partners: Bjarke Ingels, Andreas Klok Pederson, Finn Nørkjær, David Zahle, and Jakob Lange.

It was introduced to the public as an international invited competition for design of an 800,000 square metre cultural, recreational, and retail development located in the Triangle de Gonesse region of France.

The first aspect considered how well each group accounted for an inclusion of Europa City within the greater area of Roissy-en-France and within the public development project already taking place in and around Gonesse.

Four international architectural teams were invited to participate: Bjarke Ingels Group (Denmark), Manuelle Gautrand (France), Snøhetta (Norway), and Valode & Pistre (France).

The project location was determined to be in the northern suburbs outside of Paris, in Triangle de Gonesse.



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