Paul Chemetov also designed the rehabilitation of the Grand Gallery of the Evolution of the Natural History Museum in Paris, the Place Carrée within the Forum des Halles or the extension of the Tuileries-Etoile axis beyond La Défense.
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He is the one who imagined the “liner” from Bercy. The architect Paul Chemetov, who will remain famous for the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the Bercy district of Paris, died at the age of 95, AFP learned on Monday June 17 from his family. A native of the capital, this son of Russian emigrants, a graduate of the Beaux-Arts in Paris and passionate about urban planning, died at his Parisian home.
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Besides the “liner” of Bercy built between 1984 and 1989, which made it possible to group the Ministry of Finance in a single district, Paul Chemetov also designed the rehabilitation of the Grand Gallery of the Evolution of the Natural History Museum in Paris, the Place Carrée at the within the Forum des Halles or the extension of the Tuileries-Etoile axis beyond La Défense. But also the French embassy in India.
A long-time member of the Communist Party, he said he was at the service of the most modest inhabitants. He was thus able to coordinate the renovation in 2015 of the imposing Coursives building in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), more than 30 years after having supervised its construction.
