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Tour Perret (Amiens)

Tour Perret (Amiens) is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tour Perret (Amiens) rather than just read about it. In short: Tour Perret ('Perret Tower') is a 29-storey, 110 m (360 ft) residential skyscraper in Amiens, France. It has been described as France's first skyscraper, and was registered as a historic monument in 1975.

Key takeaways

Tour Perret (Amiens) belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tour Perret (Amiens) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tour Perret (Amiens) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tour Perret ('Perret Tower') is a 29-storey, 110 m (360 ft) residential skyscraper in Amiens, France. It has been described as France's first skyscraper, and was registered as a historic monument in 1975. Its building was part of a large scale reconstruction project helmed by architect Auguste Perret in the Place Alphone-Fiquet neighborhood, which also involved a rebuild of the nearby railway station. The design phase started as early as 1942, following extensive damages suffered by downtown Amiens during World War II. Perret intended it as an office building before authorities overruled him. Originally measuring 104 metres, Tour Perret was the highest, and the first 100-plus metre skyscraper built in France, although it was not the highest in Western Europe, as it has sometimes been written. The building actually fell slightly short of its intended height as its topmost part, a belfry adorned with a monumental clock, was never built due to delays and cost overruns. In 2005, the tower was finally completed with a so-called Sablier de lumière (English: Hourglass of Light) designed by architect Thierry Van de Wyngaert. It is a cube made of 192 active glass panels whose transparency can be electrically adjusted, illuminated by twelve circular neon lamps which project different colors depending on the time of day. In 2017, the lighting system was redesigned and simplified for cost and practicality. The cube's addition brought the height of the building up to 110 metres.

References

External links Media related to Tour Perret (Amiens) at Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tour Perret (Amiens)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tour Perret (Amiens) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tour Perret (Amiens) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tour Perret (Amiens) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tour Perret (Amiens)

In research: Tour Perret (Amiens) appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tour Perret (Amiens) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tour Perret (Amiens) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 2006, Monuments historiques of Somme (department), Residential buildings completed in 1954, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tour Perret (Amiens) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tour Perret (Amiens) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tour Perret (Amiens) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tour Perret (Amiens) in simple terms?

Why does Tour Perret (Amiens) matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tour Perret (Amiens)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tour Perret (Amiens).