Shoah Memorial

Drancy - France
Shoah Memorial in Drancy
Date
2008 - 2012
Client
Mémorial de Shoah
Architect
Diener & Diener Architecte
RFR’s assignments

Design. Studies and calculations. Supervision of works.

Description
RFR was appointed to act as façade specialist in order to assist architects Diener & Diener with the design of the memorial façades, contributing a technical approach suited to the project context and programme and guaranteeing the quality of the envelope system and its implementation.
The project comprises a breathing façade with insulating glazing on the inside, bullet-proof glazing on the outside and motorised blinds. The façade frame is composed of thermal-break stainless steel extrusions.
Shoah Memorial in Drancy

The operation consists in building the Shoah Memorial, on the corner of avenue Jean Jaurès and rue Cormont in Drancy (northeast of Paris).