Designed for the Paris Diderot University and sitting next to the school's recently renovated (by local architects Nicolas Michelin and Associates) Halle aux Farines teaching halls, this slim and diaphanous building was conceived by Paris-based practice Antonini + Darmon Architects Photography by Luc Boegly

专为巴黎迪德罗特大学设计，紧邻最近翻修过的学校（由当地建筑师尼古拉斯·米其林）

The French architects won the commission to design the Voltaire Building for the campus' cultural and community programs through an earlier competition proposal

The building is firmly constructed in concrete, yet it has a light and delicate appearance, thanks to a folded, perforated anodized aluminum façade

The Voltaire Building is fully detached from the Halle aux Farines to ensue the older structure is left secure and undamaged

At the same time, the gap created accentuates the tower's slender white form, also promoting an interesting dialogue between the old and the new

The design was finalised about a year and a half ago and construction started in august 2010

Close-up view of the perforated facade, from the interior

The light-filled stairwell

'One of our favourite things about this building, is that it changes aspect every minute; you never get the same perception twice, depending on weather, light, time, and season,' says Antonini + Darmon Architectes co-founder Tom Damron

The skin plays with the surrounding light, giving it a 'feminine, sensual aspect'

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