How the Parc de la Villette Kickstarted a New Era for Urban Design
What does the Parisian park look like" For many, the answer to that question comes in the form of a painting: Georges Seurat?s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in which the well-dressed bourgeoisie leisurely enjoy a natural oasis on a verdant island within their industrializing city.
© <a href='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Parc_de_la_Villette%2C_August_28%2C_2010.jpg'> Creative Commons User ParisSharing</a> licensed under <a href=?https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a>
What does the Parisian park look like" For many, the answer to that question comes in the form of a painting: Georges Seurat?s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in which the well-dressed bourgeoisie leisurely enjoy a natural oasis on a verdant island within their industrializing city.
Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
But what does the twenty-first-century Parisian park look like" The answer to this more nuanced question, posed by the French government in a 1982 design competition, comes in the form of Bernard Tschumi?s Parc de la Villette, where a then-radical landscape set a precedent for urban parks in the decades to follow.
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What does the Parisian park look like" For many, the answer to that question comes in the form of a painting: Georges Seurat?s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in which the well-dressed bourgeoisie leisurely enjoy a natural oasis on a verdant island within their industrializing city.
Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
But what does the twenty-first-century Parisian park look like" The answer to this more nuanced question, posed by the French government in a 1982 design competition, comes in the form of Bernard Tschumi?s Parc de la Villette, where a then-radical landscape set a precedent for urban parks in the decades to follow.
© <a href='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Parc-de-la-villette.jpg'> Creative Commons User Pline</a> licensed under <a href=?http...
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