By adding a critical mass of public programs organized as a network, closely connected to the existing program, Signal project seeks to consolidate the immediate vicinity and access to the slab as an audience.

In the growing competition among Europe's financial centers, La Défense can differentiate itself by changing its logical communication. From a vertical reference, the clarity and quality of the limit of its greatest asset and its greatest potential: the horizontal support of the deck can be highlighted.

The position and nature of the adaptation of a project to its site profoundly influences the surrounding environment. The OMA Signal Project is working to this challenge by establishing a horizontal and multifunctional base that simultaneously expands the existing slab, reconsiders the status of South Gate, and most importantly creates a connection between all elements of its environment.

Typology

The partitioning and the autarky of the tower program are challenged by the connection with the public areas of the various programs. Following a vertical and discontinuous logic between the lobby and skylobby, the building network creates horizontal and urban complex conditions. The public space diluted within La Defense is here condensed into a base.