Imitate the U.S., France to Build the Pentagon

The French government expressed the placement of all lines project the country's defense operations under one roof. The project, inspired by the United States was mentioned as a Pentagon-style French.

Reporting from the daily Le Figaro on Tuesday, 7 June 2011, the headquarters building project France's number one defense is one giant project under the umbrella of "Greater Paris". Design and design of this building will be done by the three famous French architect, Nicolas Michelin, Jean-Michel Wilmotte and Pierre Bolze.

Michelin said the Pentagon would be made this French style is similar but not the same as the original Pentagon in the U.S.. French defense ministry headquarters will later be hexagonal or hexagonal-shaped, unlike the Pentagon pentagon shaped.

"Hexagonal includes six different directions that form a small island, all sides of the center is in the middle," said Michelin. Design mockups headquarters will soon be exhibited at the Cité de l'Architecture exhibition at the plaza Trocadéro.

Later, this building will be built in Balard, a region northwest of Paris. "We have been looking for a suitable location from Saint Germain to Vincennes. Balard is the most relevant options," said French Defence Minister, Gerard Longuet.

Development takes up to two years, this building will be collecting naval, air and land are under one roof. This new facility will also become the center of weaponry, planning of operations and other defense efforts.

During this time, some French armed forces spread across dozens of locations in Paris. "This building will be to combine modernity and high quality living conditions for 9,000 people outside the building and 4000 that will work in the building," said Longuet again.