Museum of the Civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and Australia (Museum on Quai Branly)

Jean Nouvel

The functional purpose of the building, the idea of linking the building with the collection of ethnographic exhibits, the peculiarity of exhibiting which were chosen by the mysticism, the mystery of the conscious environment were taken into account.
Parallelepipeds of different sizes are connected by a tunnel on piles. The building is separated from the embankment by a glass wall;
In the design of the facade, vertical gardening (P. Blanc) was originally used, it was reminiscent of antiquity and the riot of virgin nature.