Restructuration of public spaces of the Eiffel Tower

2008

Client : Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel

Site : Champs de Mars, Paris

Floor area : 589 m2 ( 282m2 at level 3.1 and 589 at level 3.2)

Structure: Carbon Kevlar, steel connectors, and metal mesh

Budget : 1.3 millions euros

Carbon Kevlar density: 240 g/m2

Surface structure : 1434m2 ( level 3.1 = 386 m2, level 3.2 = 674m2, level 3 = 1097 m2)

Weight of structure alone: total = 1 200 Kg

New third floor capacity: 1,700 persons per hour

Design Team : Serero Architects : Antoine Bourdeau, Louisa Gouesnard, Dusanka Malicevic Yoichi Ozawa, Jean-Philippe Sanfourche, David Serero, Taichi Sunayama, Fabrice Zaini

“… the authentic laws of the energy are not always conformal with the secret laws of the harmony…” Gustave Eiffel

The Eiffel tower in Paris suffers from its success. Since its creation the amount of visitors coming to reach its top has increased to reach its limit capacity. 6.5 millions People wait between 35 minutes to 1H10 to reach the elevators. The floor area of each level decreases with the height because of the tower geometry resulting in very long waiting lines and crowd management problems.

In celebration of the 120th birthday of the tower, the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel decided to restructure the public reception and access areas of the tower. The proposal of SERERO Architects aims to create a temporary horizontal extension of the third floor of the tower in order to increase the quality of the access of the public as well as experiencing the fantastic 360 degrees sight of Paris.