new parks in paris

parc de bercy parc andre-citroen parc diderot parc de la villette jardins deole jardin deau

parc diderot

parc de la villette

jardins deole

parc andre-citroen parc de bercy

Chirac vs. Mitterrand

20 March 1977 16 May 1995

21 May 1981 17 May 1995

Mayor vs. President

parc bois de boulogne

parc bois de vincennes

parc diderot

parc de la villette

jardins deole

parc andre-citroen parc de bercy

parc de bercy

Parc de Bercy, Paris Client: City of Paris Design: Bernard Huet and FFL, architects, Ian Le Caisne, landscape architect Size: 13.5 hectares Construction: 1992 - 1997 Costs: FRF 400 million

parc de bercy

parc de bercy

(what was on it?)

parc de bercy

(whats around it?)

ministry of nance

parc omnisports de paris bercy

french national library

seine river

parc de bercy

(what goes on in it?)

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1. ministry of finance 2. boulevard de bercy 3. pont de bercy 4. rue de bercy 5. parc omnisports de paris bercy 6. river seine 7. bosque of tulip trees 8. quai de bercy 9. grande prairie 10. grande terrace and cascade 11. line of footbridge to national library 12. rue de pommard 13. the parterres 14. rue joseph kessel 15. pont de tobiac 16. jardin romantique

parc de bercy

tulip trees + fountain

parc de bercy

the grande prairie

parc de bercy

the parterres

parc de bercy

footbridges over kessel

parc de bercy

the grande terraace

circle of water in middle of Jardin Romantique

grand terrace and cascade

the parterres

parc diderot

parc de la villette

jardins deole

parc andre-citroen parc de bercy

parc andre-citroen

Parc Andre Citroen, Paris Client: City of Paris Design: Alain Provost and Gilles Clement, landscape architects Size: 14 hectares Construction: 1993 Costs: 54 million Euros

parc andre-citroen

parc andre-citroen

(what was on it?)

parc andre-citroen

(whats around it?)

seine river

rue balard rail lines hopital

1 c l

parc andre-citroen

(what goes on in it?)

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1. river seine 2. railway viaduct 3. jardin dombre 4. jardin en mouvement 5. serial gardens 6. central lawn 7. peristyle of magnolias 8. conservatories 9. peristyle of water jets 10. rue balard 12. line of nymphees 13. cascades 14. elevated canal 15. commerical building

parc andre-citroen

the central lawn

parc andre-citroen

the conservatories

parc andre-citroen

850 m diagonal path

parc andre-citroen

the serial gardens

parc andre-citroen

jardin en mouvement

parc diderot

parc de la villette

jardins deole

parc andre-citroen parc de bercy

parc diderot

Parc Diderot, La Defense, Paris Client: EPAD Design: Alain Provost (Atelier Signes), landscape architect Size: 1.2 hectares Construction: 1993 Costs: FRF 34.2 million

parc diderot

parc diderot

parc de la villette

jardins deole

parc andre-citroen parc de bercy

parc de la villette

Parc de la Villette, Paris Client: French National Government Design: Bernard Tschumi, architect Size: 35 hectares Construction: 1996 Costs: 260 million Euros

parc de la villette

parc de la villette

(what was on it?)

parc de la villette

(whats around it?)

cite des sciences

cite de la musique conservatoire de paris inner ring road

parc de la villette

(what goes on in it?)

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1. porte de la villette 2. cite des sciences 3. canal st denis 4. geode 5. canal de lourcq 6. prairie du cercle 7. zenith 8. boulevard peripherique 9. bamboo garden 10. sound garden 11. cafe hot brass 12. grande halle 13. prairie du triangle 14. conservatoire de paris 15. cite de la musique 16. porte de pantin

parc de la villette

grid of folies

parc de la villette

maturing plane trees

parc de la villette

bamboo + sound gardens

parc de la villette

cercle + triangle prairie

the canal

the bamboo garden

parc diderot

parc de la villette

jardins deole

parc andre-citroen parc de bercy

jardins deole

Jardins dEole, Paris Client: City of Paris Design: Georges Descombes, architect Size: 4.2 hectares Construction: 2005 Costs: 13 million Euros

jardins deole

photo by A. Tate

photo by A. Tate

photo by A. Tate

jardin deau

Jardin dEau, Terrason, France Client: City of Terrason Design: Kathryn Gustafson, landscape architect, Ian Richie, architect Size: 6 hectares Construction: 1995 Costs: million Euros

terraces

photo by A. Tate

photo by A. Tate

photo by A. Tate

rose gardens

photo by A. Tate