COLLECTION NAME:
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Record
Preferred Title:
Fountain of Warsaw Work_PrefTitle Fountain of Warsaw Preferred Title false
Alternate Title:
Varsovie Fontaine Work_AltTitle Varsovie Fontaine Alternate Title false
Image View:
Detail, water jet piping Image_Title Detail, water jet piping Image View false
Creator:
Roger Henri Expert (French architect, 1882-1955) Agent_Display Roger Henri Expert (French architect, 1882-1955) Creator false
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Work_Location_Type_Display site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Location false
Location Note:
Palais de Chaillot, Jardins du Trocadero Work_LocationNotes Palais de Chaillot, Jardins du Trocadero Location Note false
GPS:
+48.860833+2.29
Date:
1937 (creation) Work_DateDisplay 1937 (creation) Date false
Cultural Context:
French Work_Culture French Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Twentieth century Work_StylePeriodDisplay Twentieth century Style Period false
Work Type 1:
fountain Work_Worktype1 fountain Work Type 1 false
Work Type 2:
garden Work_Worktype2 garden Work Type 2 false
Classification:
landscape architecture Work_Classification landscape architecture Classification false
Material:
concrete; stone; bronze Work_MaterialDisplay concrete; stone; bronze Material false
Technique:
construction (assembling); gardening Work_Technique construction (assembling); gardening Technique false
Measurements:
93,930 m2 (area, garden)
Subjects:
architecture; City planning; Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France); Fountains; world's fairs Work_Image_SubjectDisplay architecture; City planning; Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France); Fountains; world's fairs Subjects false
Description:
Proposals to rebuild Gabriel Davioud?s Palais du Trocadéro for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) in Paris resulted in Carlu's design for the Palais de Chaillot (with Louis Hippolyte Boileau and Leon Azéma (1888-1978)), enclosing within its two curved wings parts of the original structure. The main feature, called the Fountain of Warsaw, is a long basin, or water mirror, with twelve fountain-creating columns of water 12 meters high; twenty four smaller fountains four meters high; and ten arches of water. At one end, facing the Seine, were twenty powerful water cannon, able to project a jet of water fifty meters. Above the long basin were two smaller basins, linked with the lower basin by cascades flanked by 32 sprays of water four meters high. These fountains are the only exposition fountains which still exist today, and still function as they once did. The present garden has an area of 93,930 m2, and was created for the Exposition, also the design of architect Rog
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Six LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Six Collection false
Identifier:
1A1-ER-VF-A16 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A1-ER-VF-A16 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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