Place de la Concorde

Congratulations to the winning team led by AAPP / Atelier d’architecture Philippe Prost and Bruel Delmar.
We are honored to have been selected to compete and proud to share our vision for reimagining one of the most iconic places in Paris: Place de la Concorde.

Our proposal, deeply rooted in the historical layout conceived by Gabriel and reinterpreted by Hittorff, aimed to restore the square’s full symbolic power while adapting it to the challenges of the 21st century: prioritizing pedestrians and soft mobility, reopening the historic moats as landscaped features, reducing impermeable surfaces and adding vegetation, incorporating custom-designed street furniture, and ensuring universal accessibility. A vision of a welcoming, sustainable, and fully lived-in Concorde, at the crossroads of memory, function, and climate.