Cheminée du Front de Seine
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The Cheminée du Front-de-Seine is a chimney located in the 15th arrondissement, in the Front de Seine district of Paris. It is 130 metres high and the tallest structure in the district by 30 metres.
The chimney was designed by François Stahly and was built between 1970 and 1971. Its simple white form is unadorned except for aesthetic vents located in top of the structure.
Usage
The chimney ventilates smoke from six boilers used to produce steam from low-sulfur fuel, which is distributed through underground pipes to the buildings of the district for central heating and as domestic hot water. It is overseen by the Parisian Company of District Heating (CPCU).
Its output is 590 tons of steam per hour. Ordinarily, only four boilers are used. The last two are only used during cold weather or to substitute for unavailable boilers in the CPCU network.
In 2016, the boiler house underwent renovations in order to function using biomass instead of oil. The center improved its efficiency between 5% and 8% and decreased the amount of pollutants released by a factor of 10.[1]
Aquatic garden
The chimney is accompanied by an aquatic garden on the roof of the boiler house, which was designed by Catherine Stahly-Mougin, the daughter of the sculptor.[2]
However, seepage of stagnant water from the pools, due to a lack of drainage for rainwater and watertight sealing, led the pools to be emptied in 1995 and, later, to a full renovation of the gardens.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Plusieurs chaufferies parisiennes optent pour la biomasse pour polluer moins". France Inter. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2020..
- ^ Hoarau-Beauval, Christine (2019). Urbanisme de dalle - Urbanisme vertical : Entre utopies et réalités [Paving city planning - Vertical city planning : Between utopias and realities] (in French). Le Moniteur. ISBN 978-2-281-14209-9.
- ^ "La rénovation seventies du toit terrasse de Grenelle". cpcu.fr. Compagnie Parisienne de Chauffage Urbain. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
