Jean Balladur

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Jean Balladur (born May 11, 1924 in İzmir , † June 15, 2002 in Paris ) was a French architect .

Life

Jean Balladur began his studies at the Pasteur high school in Neuilly-sur-Seine. After attending the preparatory class in philosophy at the Lycée Condorcet, where Jean-Paul Sartre was one of his teachers, Jean Balladur turned to architecture and studied at the École nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In addition to his largest architectural project La Grande-Motte , he later also coordinated the construction of the Port Camargue . He was considered a confidante of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidous , who commissioned him with the implementation. Jean Balladur was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1999 to succeed André Remondet in the field of architecture .

Jean Balladur is a cousin of Édouard Balladur .

La Grande Motte

His largest urban development project is the seaside resort of La Grande-Motte , which was built during the 1960s and 1970s. The best-known element of the architecturally harmonious concept, which served as a pilot project for the tourist development of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, are probably the pyramid-like buildings, which were inspired by a trip to Mexico. Guided by the mystical image of the gardens of Babylon, Jean Balladur designed the buildings in terraces and provided them with sun and wind protection, as preferred by the Italian architects of the Renaissance.

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