The project completed in 1985 by the international team Ricardo Bofill[1] Taller de Arquitectura was part of a renovation program in Paris 14th arrondissement, near Montparnasse train station.

Within this sensitive context the respect to the configuration of the existing urban tissue demanded a specific architectonic vocabulary.

By applying the essence of baroque architecture[2] the façade is not a mere wall, it breaks the established rigidity imposed by the industrial building system and becomes a décor for the city.

In designing the buildings the team confronted two imperatives: to respect the urban [3] context and to obtain a formal relationship with the interior spaces of the project.

For these façades the architectural team used a curtain wall with glass columns that add rhythm to the design and become the bow-windows of the apartments.