Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris.
The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least 50 per cent wood or other natural materials.
Construction has commenced on the University of Chicago centre in Paris. Photo by Corentin Lespagn