Olympiades

Olympiades is defined by its vertical organisation and by routes linking housing, shops and open spaces. The raised deck, entrances and different levels are not always easy to understand from the street. People who use the area regularly know its shortcuts, thresholds and changes in atmosphere.

This construction matters to Les Tours because it makes another way of inhabiting Paris visible. Kindred may move here without following the main roads, but that does not make them invisible. Staff, residents, shopkeepers and users each possess practical knowledge of the site. A prepared meeting can benefit from this complexity. Improvisation may instead lead to a closed entrance or a space far more closely watched than it first appeared.