“The city is the theatre of life” stated two experts in Urban Research, Ash Amin and Stephen Graham, in their joint publication “The Ordinary City” in the late 90s. For Sebastien Weiss, this sentence is a major inspiration. For him, a city is first of all a theater in which dramas and comedies take place. “Dramatis Personae II”, a series shot in Paris, is about the characters of this story, the key elements of a scenario. Among them, some buildings from ECDM Architectes, Émile Aillaud, Jean Nouvel, Gérard Grandval, VIB Architecture and Rudy Ricciotti.

La cité Curial-Cambrai
Location: Paris, France
Architect: André Coquet

ZAC du Coteau
Location: Arcueil, France
Architects: ECDM Architectes

ZAC du Coteau
Location: Arcueil, France
Architects: ECDM Architectes

Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel

La cité Curial-Cambrai
Location: Paris, France
Architect: André Coquet

Stade Jean-Bouin
Location: Paris, France
Architects: Rudy Ricciotti

Le Centre National d’Entraînement
Location: Paris, France
Architects: unknown to me

Tours Aillaud
Location: Nanterre, France
Architects: Émile Aillaud

Grande Arche
Location: Paris, France
Architects: Otto von Spreckelsen and Paul Andreu

Centre des nouvelles industries et technologies
Location: Paris, France
Architects: Robert Edouard Camelot, Jean de Mailly and Bernard Zehrfuss

SILOS 13
Location: Paris, France
Architect: VIB Architecture

Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel