Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Parc de la Villette; Porte de la Villette
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Preferred Title:
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Parc de la Villette; Porte de la Villette
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Image View:
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Corner detail, depicting where corrugated aluminum meets aluminum support, which is in turn supported by a cantilevered steel beam
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Creator:
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Bernard Tschumi (Swiss architect, born 1944)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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avenue Jean-Jaurès
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Date:
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1982-1987 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Modernist, Modern
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Work Type 1:
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park (recreation area)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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corrugated aluminum; steel
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Boats and boating; parks (recreation areas); Transportation; canopy; park pavilion
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Description:
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[Chairs by Philippe Starck.] The Parc de la Villette was developed as part of an urban renewal plan on the site the former national meat market and slaughterhouse. Tschumi won a competition for the design of Paris' largest park in 1982. Related to his theoretical work on 'event space', his proposal for a distinctly urban park called for the deployment of a number of abstract, programless structures, dubbed 'follies'. It was intended that the bright red structures would then house various events and groups related to the activities of the park. (Source: Galinsky [website]; http://www.galinsky.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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2A1-TB-PV-B4
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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