Energy is intangible and rarely stored. We create energy when we need to use it. The means put in place to produce and store energy are often massive, which pushes their location to areas with abundant land, usually far from human presence and sight. From there, how can we envision urban forms of energy storage that are expressed architecturally and made visible to people?
Located in the centre of Paris and its periphery along two significant transportation infrastructures, the East Railway Station and the A3 and A86 highways, the two projects aim to combine the energy storage program with the surrounding human activities.
The centre project is divided into two levels: one is dedicated to cryogenic energy storage, and the second is a publicly accessible platform linking two street levels.
The periphery project interprets the principle of gravitational energy storage in a repetition of cells creating an intriguing object that gives a tangible form to energy for the car drivers and inhabitants passing by.