Les Ateliers Jean Nouvel, a new vision of well-being

“ The invention of Hekla’s design is strongly influenced by the Rose de Cherbourg construction project.

I imagined a prismatic composition which multiplies the polychrome sun-screens - bronze, silver and blue - and mingles glass and metal, brightness and shade, mass effects and transparency. The last floors in triplex constitute a landscaped head in strong contrast to most of the neighbouring orthogonal or parallelepipedal buildings whose transition with the sky is horizontal...

...Inside Hekla, technical limitations have been optimised to create vast work and convivial spaces. Lobbies, amphitheatre, projection rooms and performance halls, restaurants, bars, gym and loggias contribute to a new art of working that is both hedonistic and connected. 

Hekla incarnates the ambition to create innovative workspaces and enrich the skyline of La Défense with a fitting attribute: flamboyance. ”

Jean Nouvel