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While I was at la Défense that was crowded last Sunday (4 days ago), I went up to the Seine-Arche district in Nanterre, that's a mixed-use contemporary development nearby la Défense.
The area was deserted; almost no one in the streets. It felt like everybody was at la Défense or in the central city on their Sunday afternoon.
It must be busier on weekdays when people go to their corporate offices.

Although there's quite a lot of Brutalism from the 1960s/70s in Nanterre, pretty much everything in the pictures is more or less recent. The oldest stuff must be 15 or so years old, the latest was completed in the past couple of years.
This is not fully comprehensive. There's more currently under construction and it would take many more pictures to show it all.

That white building is supposed to eventually be covered with lush greenery.



Can't tell whether plants will ever actually grow to its facade.

















Roller blinds don't look super reliable to that building...

























We're getting to a brand new street that I'd call "Vinci town".
At least half of the buildings below belongs to Vinci.
The tower is their new HQ.