Comments on: Jean Nouvel’s Shipping Container Restaurant Sprouts on Seguin Island in Paris http://inhabitat.com/gourmet-food-meets-sustainable-architecture-in-jean-nouvels-new-restaurant-on-seguin-island-in-france/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: lennyesq http://inhabitat.com/gourmet-food-meets-sustainable-architecture-in-jean-nouvels-new-restaurant-on-seguin-island-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-368144 lennyesq Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:44:57 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=313647#comment-368144 Sorry...my old eyes aren't as good as they used to be; i.e., the ramp form the other side does not lead directly to the second floor; but to a staircase. Let's hope there is an elevator. Access for the disabled does, indeed, seem to be an issue. Sorry…my old eyes aren’t as good as they used to be; i.e., the ramp form the other side does not lead directly to the second floor; but to a staircase. Let’s hope there is an elevator.

Access for the disabled does, indeed, seem to be an issue.

]]> By: lennyesq http://inhabitat.com/gourmet-food-meets-sustainable-architecture-in-jean-nouvels-new-restaurant-on-seguin-island-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-368140 lennyesq Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:38:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=313647#comment-368140 The "scaffolding" is the frame for the transparent greenhouse roof and walls. Parts of the roof open to allow ventilation in warmer months. The greenhouse is to provide "home-grown" and exotic items for the restaurant. The second floor is actually at the entry level for the main entrance. The “scaffolding” is the frame for the transparent greenhouse roof and walls. Parts of the roof open to allow ventilation in warmer months. The greenhouse is to provide “home-grown” and exotic items for the restaurant.

The second floor is actually at the entry level for the main entrance.

]]> By: artcenterjo http://inhabitat.com/gourmet-food-meets-sustainable-architecture-in-jean-nouvels-new-restaurant-on-seguin-island-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-361507 artcenterjo Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:06:36 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=313647#comment-361507 in complete agreement with de_noget:"Is there a useful purpose to the scaffolding, or is it simply for decoration? It seems superfluous to me."-- it is probably the designer thinking to further on the pompidou center's extra-shell idea "not with great results". leave it to a parisian to add this kind of detail that defies the idea of "thinking outside the box". in complete agreement with de_noget:”Is there a useful purpose to the scaffolding, or is it simply for decoration? It seems superfluous to me.”– it is probably the designer thinking to further on the pompidou center’s extra-shell idea “not with great results”. leave it to a parisian to add this kind of detail that defies the idea of “thinking outside the box”.

]]> By: de_nogent http://inhabitat.com/gourmet-food-meets-sustainable-architecture-in-jean-nouvels-new-restaurant-on-seguin-island-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-357779 de_nogent Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:27:47 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=313647#comment-357779 Is there a useful purpose to the scaffolding, or is it simply for decoration? It seems superfluous to me. Seems like a bad idea to put a restaurant on the second story; there is an elevator for the elderly and handicapped, right? Sorry to be critical, but I would have done some things differently. Is there a useful purpose to the scaffolding, or is it simply for decoration? It seems superfluous to me. Seems like a bad idea to put a restaurant on the second story; there is an elevator for the elderly and handicapped, right? Sorry to be critical, but I would have done some things differently.

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