Tour Oxygène, Office skyscraper in La Part-Dieu district, Lyon, France
Tour Oxygène is a 28-storey, 115-metre office skyscraper in La Part-Dieu, Lyon. Its convex facade is clad in blue and grey glass panels set in a grid of thin horizontal and vertical mullions, with a flat roofline. The white letters "D", "E", "D" are mounted vertically near the upper right corner, above the Westfield LA PART-DIEU sign of the lower shopping centre.
The site, known as lot R, stayed vacant after a 142-metre Tour Lumière project failed. The shopping centre was approved in June 2006, and the first stone was laid on 29 March 2007 in the presence of mayor Gérard Collomb. The tower reached its full 115 metres in May 2009 and was inaugurated on 2 June 2010.
The name Oxygène links the tower to the Cours Oxygène shopping extension opened at its base, which brought the Part-Dieu mall to 15,000 m² and 25 new shops by May 2010. The complex was developed by Unibail-Rodamco, with Sogelym Steiner and Europequipements as promoters.
The building is easily accessible by public transport and sits centrally in the business district. Keep in mind that this is a private office building with restricted interior access for general visitors.
The building houses the main computing headquarters of France's national railway company SNCF, making it a hub for rail technology operations. This function is not obvious from the outside but significantly shapes the building's purpose.
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