Description
Since the 1970s, the pioneering generation of Michel Corajoud, Alexandre Chemetoff, Gilles Clément, and Jacques Simon have brought the modern discipline of landscape architecture to the urban realm in France, along with its emphasis on a horticultural approach. Yet this urban turn has deep roots in agriculture and land management, formal gardens, and the military and civil engineering practices of the nation’s early modern period in the 18th and 19th centuries. Exploring the evolution of the discipline among French practitioners while taking stock of the multitude of forms, this issue features six canonical works by these pioneers and seventeen projects representing current trends.
CONTENTS
Essay: The Origins and Development of French Landscape Urbanism 4
Henri Bava and Antoine Picon
Miroir d’eau Bordeaux 26 / Sausset Departmental Park 34
Michel Corajoud, Île de Nantes Plan Guide 42
Alexandre Chemetoff, André Citroën Park 46
Gilles Clément, Gardens of the Third Landscape 50
Gilles Clément and Coloco
Essay: From Landscape Urbanist to Landscapist: Notes on French Landscape Urbanism 56
Charles Waldheim
Paris-Saclay Cluster 62 / Euralens Centrality 70
Michel Desvigne, Miséry Quarry Garden 76
phytolab
Airport Garden 82 / Asphalt Jungle 86
Wagon Landscaping, Strasbourg Tramway 88
Alfred Peter, Phase Shifts Park 92
mosbach paysagistes
Essay: URBI / ORBI: Four Competing Narratives on the Possible Evolution of the Relationship between City and Country 98
Sébastien Marot, Park of the Docks 104
Agence Ter, Blandan Park 112
BASE, Flaubert Eco-District 118
Jacqueline Osty, Jules Ferry Park 124
In Situ, Glòries Plaza Barcelona 132
Agence Ter, Garden of the Giants 142
Mutabilis, Waterfront Park 146
Florence Mercier, Martin Luther King Park 150
Jacqueline Osty, Villa M 156
Coloco, Freyssinet Hall 158
D’ici là, Land Art 160
Jacques Simon
Essay: Teresa Galí-Izard 164
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