High-rise Houses With Terraces, Issy-Les-Moulinaux

The ADN Towers, desi­gned by the archi­tec­tu­ral firm Loci Anima led by Françoise Raynaud, are part of the urban rene­wal plans for the Pont d’Issy dis­trict near the Seine.

This ambi­tious pro­ject pro­po­sed two resi­den­tial towers with a bold and expres­sive design, envi­sio­ned as com­ple­men­tary ver­ti­cal figures. Their sil­houettes rise along a pre­cise geo­me­tric grid, ins­pi­red by the spi­ral motion of a helix—hence their name: ADN (the French acro­nym for DNA). The façades alter­nate bet­ween solid and open ele­ments, with light and trans­pa­rent mate­rials, crea­ting strong archi­tec­tu­ral legi­bi­lity.

The pro­gram aimed for mixed use: hou­sing, offices, retail spaces, and public faci­li­ties, sup­por­ting a balan­ced urban den­sity and a high qua­lity of life. The entire design fol­lo­wed a high envi­ron­men­tal stan­dard, incor­po­ra­ting pas­sive ven­ti­la­tion sys­tems, plan­ted ter­races, and opti­mi­zed natu­ral ligh­ting.

Though never built, the ADN Towers pro­ject fully reflects Loci Anima’s capa­city to envi­sion ambi­tious, context-dri­ven, and envi­ron­men­tally com­mit­ted urban archi­tec­ture.