CIMETIERE PARISIEN DE PANTIN-BOBIGNY
GARE DE L’EST LINE
LA CHAPELLE
18TH ARRONDISSEMENT SPORTING COURTS
AMPHITHEATER
PLAYGROUND
SPORTING COURTS
19TH ARRONDISSEMENT PARC DES BUTTESCHAUMONT
ET
PLAZA
LAWN
BOARDWALK
GOUTTE D’OR
RIQU
MEADOW
OVERLOOK
RUE
RUE DU DEPARTEMENT
PEDESTRIAN VIADUCT ART WALL
PARC DE LA VILLETTE
ACTIVE TERRACE
GRASS TERRACE GRAVEL GARDEN PERENNIAL TERRACE CANAL BOARDWALK
TUILERIES GARDENS
ESPLANADE ESPLANADE
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PARIS CONTEXT COMMUNITY GARDEN
MAIN ENTRANCE
ILLIERS V R E B U ’A D RUE
FORMAL RECREATION
FORMAL RECREATION
INFORMAL RECREATION SCALE 1”:80’ | Association Jardins d’Eole + Google Map Aerial Overlay by Author
SITE PLAN + PROGRAM
LES JARDINS D’ÉOLE
ACTIVE V. PASSIVE PROGRAMMING
PARIS, FRANCE URBAN PARK GA
(BETWEEN 18TH + 19TH ARRONDISSEMENTS) SURROUNDING POPULATION predominantly immigrant, multicultural, underprivileged COMMISSIONED BY PARIS MUNICIPALITY (2 ADJACENT ‘QUARTIERS’), PART OF Z.A.C. (ZONE D’AMENAGEMENT CONCERTE [URBAN REGENERATION])
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4.2 HECTARES (10 ACRES); 500m x 100m HISTORICALLY A RAILYARD, THEN A DERELICT BROWNFIELD, THEN FORMALLY PETITIONED FOR A PARK (‘ROUGH, ACTIVE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE’S PARK”) OPEN WATER/FOUNTAIN
OPEN 2007 DESIGNED 2003-2005; BUILT 2005-2006
MICHEL + CLAIRE CORAJOUD [PARC DU SAUSSET, WATER MIRROR] GEORGES DESCOMBES [PARC DU SAUSSET, SWISS WAY, AIRE RIVER, BOEING 747 EL AL/BIJLMER MEMORIAL]
HYDROLOGY
SITE STRATEGIES 1. SCALE/EXTENSION FIELDS AND MEADOWS OF PRE-URBAN PARIS; EXAGGERATED LENGTHS TO ACCENTUATE SIZE; TERRACES TO ADD TO ILLUSION OF SCALE
2. IMAGERY OF TRAIN INSPIRED BY PAST USE OF SITE; RAILYARD GEOMETRIES (PARALLEL PROGRAMMING, ETC.); INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS (CONCRETE, GRAVEL, RUDERAL SPECIES); CONTAINER-LIKE PAVILLIONS
POST-INDUSTRIAL BROWNFIELD CONDITION, PRE-CONSTRUCTION
PEDESTRIAN VIADUCT
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CLOSED AT DARK ESPLANADE OPEN 24/7
CIRCULATION
PLAZA
A+T
A+T
LAWN/MEADOW FROM PEDESTRIAN VIADUCT
NIGHTTIME LIGHTING
A+T
GRAVEL GARDEN
A+T
W O D A ME
LAWN
LINEAR MASSING PRIVACY PLANTING
POST-INDUSTRIAL BROWNFIELD CONDITION
ON SITE
RAMPS/TERRACES
IMBERT
CANAL
IMBERT
TERRACES RENDERING
GROUNDSWELL
VEGETATION