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Hôtel de Ville
This 1970 sports hall looks like a concrete flying saucer that crash-landed at a 25-degree tilt. The spherical shell architecture is genuinely bonkers: 1,600 square meters of open interior space with zero pillars, held up by a suspended steel cable roof and 166 piles driven 20 meters deep. Listed as a historic monument for its engineering audacity.
Iconic concrete architecture
UFO-shaped building
1960s brutalist design
Tilted spherical structure
Tips
🚌15 min from submarine base by bus, stop at Hôtel de ville
🏗️166 piles descend 20m to hold up the shell
💚coup de cœur from France Bleu editors
La soucoupe
Hôtel de Ville
Watch LiveWatch LiveThis 1970 sports hall looks like a concrete flying saucer that crash-landed at a 25-degree tilt. The spherical shell architecture is genuinely bonkers: 1,600 square meters of open interior space with zero pillars, held up by a suspended steel cable roof and 166 piles driven 20 meters deep. Listed as a historic monument for its engineering audacity.
Iconic concrete architecture
UFO-shaped building
1960s brutalist design
Tilted spherical structure
Tips
🚌15 min from submarine base by bus, stop at Hôtel de ville
🏗️166 piles descend 20m to hold up the shell
💚coup de cœur from France Bleu editors