Axel Dahl
photography
du Besset - Lyon \ Gymnasium in Asnières
E-normous triple-platform gymnasium currently in the works ; as of 2016 it still is in the works but construction has at last resumed.
First session, 2014, solely made to keep traces of the beautiful concrete structure before it becomes invisible ; second and third quickies just before and when the construction resumed, april and september 2016.
Final images (normally) : I suspect late 2017 or 2018 ?
First session, 2014 :
The rather present surroundings made it difficult to outline the gymnasium's structure... The right cloud at the right moment darkened the former and kept the latter highlighted.
Seen from the adjacent stadium.
Impressive overhangs, dynamically linked by the stairs and seats above.
Hazed early morning sunlight, the most vibrant of all.
East side of the building, seen from the south.
East side again, but seen from the north.
Worthy of a Theban Karnak perspective...
... really !
West side of the building, camera pointing south-east.
West side of the building again, seen from the... west.
South side.
West side, seen from the south.
Main hall, seen from the east, opening on the adjacent stadium.
Continuation of the previous image, one floor up ; south is left. (I was lucky for those : it had rained like mad the previous night)
90° rotation of the previous point of view.
Main hall and stairs, still muddy and messy ; west is right.
The only one-shot global view possible at the moment.
Second session, april 2016 :
Version #2 of the view from the adjacent stadium ; I went three times to make this one - crappy weather we got in Paris between april and june.
Version 2 of the main shot ; the left side still bears no construction.
From the street.
Under the hood.
Looking toward N-W.
From a distance a tall building but no more, when one stands at the very top of it... it is VERY tall.
Facing E.
Facing N.
Third session, september 2016 :
Early in the morning, a building to the right which didn't exist two years ago casts a shadow on the East side.
Version #3 of the image taken from the adjacent football field. The contrast ratio here is tremendous and the proper timeframe to have the sun lighting under and not too harshly above is of twenty minutes.
Version #2 of the future basketball hall.
Version #3 of the West view, at last supporting its future roof.
From the street which is here a big bus and tramway terminal - hence all the cables above and behind and left and right.
Not asked by the architect but I couldn't resist while waiting for the right moment for another image : HUGE open-space there.
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