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Fondation Louis Vuitton (France)

Project description mageba scope Highlights & facts The Louis Vuitton Foundation for Crea- mageba supplied spherical bearings to tion’s art museum and cultural centre is support the internal steel facade while al- mageba products: to be opened in Paris in 2014. It was de- lowing movements and rotations. These Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL signed by the Canadian-American Pritzker RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings are de- bearings Prize–winning architect Frank Gehry, and signed to each carry vertical loads of 1400 Features: Uplift clamps has received architectural awards in both kN and to permit sliding movements along Installation: 2013 France and the United States. The build- one axis while resisting transverse forces. ing’s extraordinary roof takes the form of Due to the building sequence of the roof’s Structure: boat sails blown by the wind, with 3600 sail-like design, occasional uplift forces City: Paris unique glass panels. These panels were occuring during construction must also Country: France individually developed, using design soft- be resisted so the bearings feature uplift Completed: 2014 ware specially adapted for the aviation clamps. The choice of this type of bearing, Type: Art museum industry, to fit the shapes drawn by the with mageba’s special ROBO®SLIDE sliding Architect: Frank Gehry Owner: Fondation Louis Vuitton / architect. material instead of PTFE, enabled the size LVMH group of the bearings to be minimised – always desirable in architectural works.

The building is located in Bois de Boulogne, the Schematic representation (exploded view) of a second largest public park in Paris guided sliding RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing Picture of the construction of the steel facade

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