{"id":386257,"date":"2026-03-15T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/386257\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:08:34","slug":"cranes-turn-the-grand-palais-into-construction-site-for-chanel-fw26-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/386257\/","title":{"rendered":"cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>chanel installs a construction site for fw 2026 show<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For its Fall Winter 2026 show at the Grand Palais in Paris, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/chanel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chanel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0transforms the historic glass hall into a vibrant construction landscape. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/bureau-betak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bureau Betak<\/strong> <\/a>installs towering cranes, rendered in primary colors and illuminated from within, that fill the vast nave beneath the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/steel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iron<\/a><\/strong>-and-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/glass-art-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>glass<\/strong> <\/a>dome. The installation reframes the runway as an architectural site in progress, where\u00a0cranes appear almost monumental against the scale of the Grand Palais, their lattice structures echoing the structural logic of the building itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arranged across the runway in red, blue, yellow, green, and white, they form a geometric field of vertical markers that punctuate the reflective floor. Suspended booms extend across the space like mechanical arms frozen mid-operation.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1181068 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"towering cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/towering-cranes-grand-palais-construction-site-chanel-fw26-runway-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images courtesy of Chanel<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>bureau betak lights the cranes beneath the grand palais dome<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within the context of Matthieu Blazy\u2019s debut collection for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chanel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>house<\/strong><\/a>, the set functions as a metaphorical framework. Cranes, instruments of assembly and renewal, evoke a world constantly under construction. The scenography mirrors the emphasis of the collection on essential cuts, fluid silhouettes, and iridescent surfaces, positioning fashion within an atmosphere of evolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lighting intensifies the scenography by the <a href=\"https:\/\/bureaubetak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>team<\/strong><\/a> at Bureau Betak. Spotlights scatter across the glass vault like a star field while beams descend between the cranes, animating their metallic frames. Reflections ripple across the glossy runway surface, doubling the installation and amplifying its spatial depth. The dialogue between couture and infrastructure becomes central. Delicate garments pass through a landscape of industrial machines, staging a tension between precision engineering and soft materiality.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1181067 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"towering cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/towering-cranes-grand-palais-construction-site-chanel-fw26-runway-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Chanel transforms the historic glass hall into a vibrant construction landscape<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1181075 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"towering cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/towering-cranes-grand-palais-construction-site-chanel-fw26-runway-designboom-11.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Bureau Betak installs towering cranes, rendered in primary colors and illuminated from within, on the runway<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1181069 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"towering cranes turn the grand palais into construction site for chanel FW26 runway - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/towering-cranes-grand-palais-construction-site-chanel-fw26-runway-designboom-05.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the installation reframes the runway as an architectural site in progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"chanel installs a construction site for fw 2026 show \u00a0 For its Fall Winter 2026 show at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,69240,41850,366,18,117,146881,54555,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-386257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-bureau-betak","13":"tag-chanel","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-fashion-show-design","18":"tag-grand-palais","19":"tag-ie","20":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116232880417315663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}