# Tornado column

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly), 2024-01-28

architecture, austrian-architect, be-a-globizen, coop-himmeblau, la-confluence, musee-des-confluences, planning, travel, urban-renewal, urbanism

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Lyon is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Saône and the Rhône. And where these two rivers physically merge in the south is a neighborhood called [La Confluence](https://www.lyon-confluence.fr/fr):

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9fe76e2fe400ad4c4a83eca878929198.png)

A former industrial area and urban renewal project since 1999, La Confluence is now home to world-class architecture, a broad mix of uses, and a club called [Le Sucre](https://www.instagram.com/lesucrelyon/?hl=en).

The most important piece of architecture is probably the Musée des Confluences, which was designed by the Austrian firm [Coop Himmeb(l)au](https://coop-himmelblau.at/projects/musee-des-confluences/). It is situated at the very southern tip of La Confluence.

And at the very south end of the museum is this column:

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3bb3a03816bb12e9d1fdba1e9dae33cc.jpg)

It feels like the exact right place for a column like this.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/tornado-column)*