haussmanhattan places new york's famous skyscrapers in a parisian context

haussmanhattan places new york’s famous skyscrapers in a parisian context
all images courtesy of haussmanhattan

haussmanhattan (haussmann + manhattan) is a project that imagines what would have been of paris if the city had started building skyscrapers at the same time new yorkers did, around 1910-1930. through digital photo editing, the project shows popular NYC buildings and sites, like the empire estate building or central park, inserted into the parisian landscape.

place de la concorde

nowadays, building towers in paris is considered the least viable solution and the worst thing to do. most of the past experiences of construction tall buildings in the 1970’s are seen today as a complete disaster. this project experiences with trying to answer the following questions: what if paris had built towers at the time of the great transformations of the prefect haussmann? is the problem of towers actually a problem of architectural vocabulary?

ile de la cité

pantheon 

place de clichy

pont neuf

central park paris

empire state republic 

woolworth eiffel 

arc de triomphe NYC

champs elysees metropolitan life 

flatiron

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edited by: juliana neira | designboom