O conceptualista por excelência ilustra desta feita o tema "arquitectura : música petrificada" (Goethe). O edifício faz lembrar a filarmónica de Berlim de Scharoun pela sinuosidade dançante, mas as suas formas são bem mais "arriscadas". Nouvel segue agora o caminho das imagens fortes e da irreverência.
"Everything is image, architecture itself is image, we see it with our eyes and it is primarily a visual creation. Now I am interested in abstract/figurative relationship and I feel that today it is very modern to use figurative image as architectural languague. All evolution towards de-materialisation, towards miniaturisation and the complexity of materials, because all takes place in interfaces and very complexity of the planes." J.Nouvel.
Filarmónica de Paris - Jean Nouvel
