COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Parc de la Villette; Porte de la Villette
Image View:
General view of a folly, with Philippe Starck chairs at left
Creator:
Bernard Tschumi (Swiss architect, born 1944)
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note:
avenue Jean-Jaurès
Date:
1982-1987 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Modernist, Modern
Work Type 1:
park (recreation area)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
corrugated aluminum; steel
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Boats and boating; parks (recreation areas); Transportation; folly; pavilion
Description:
[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/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
2A1-TB-PV-D1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Parc de la Villette; Porte de la Villette
