Numerous cultural activities shows, concerts, theatre productions make this canal basin a festive place, very popular with parisians. They vary, for example while some of the gardens are minimalist in design, others are constructed for children. Just like the complexity of the physical structure itself, the perception of the body within. The park is located on what was one of the last remaining large sites in paris, a 125acre expanse. The design of the park was the winning entry of a competition for a design to redevelop what had previously been a. Tired of the old idea of a park, tschumi wished to design the largest discontinuous building in the world. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. The proposed project is not for a definitive park, but for a method that combining programmatic instability with architectural specificity will eventually generate a park. Inaugurato nel 1991 e stato progettato negli anni ottanta dal famoso architetto svizzero bernard tschumi al fine di riqualificare unarea dismessa nella quale in passato sorgeva lunico mattatoio della citta. During the summer, the prairie du triangle section of the park often offers openair screenings of popular movies. After 1992, the park has become a long urbanrecreationleisure complex that has been described as one of the largest discontinuous buildings in the world and the first built work specifically exploring the concepts of superimposition and dissociation rago, 2004.
The design of the park has been and still is controv. These 26 folies, which are scattered throughout the park, are bright red metal structures that beautifully stand out against the green lawns. It is houses the ateliers villette workshops for children and a restaurant. The 5 acre site is organized spatially through a grid of 35 points. There is a car park reserved for visitors with reduced mobility.
Each garden is created with a different representation of architectural deconstructionism. The design of the park has been and still is controversial because it departs so completely from the traditional idea of a. Accessible toilets often without grab rail in all areas of the park. Probably not for the first time in his 40year career, the austrian architect bernhard leitner is explaining that hes not a musician. It was the result of a competition won by bernard tschumi. Located in paris, chambre dhotes annelets is 246 feet from the buttes chaumont park and 394 feet from. Founded in 1986, the theatre parisvillette was the first cultural center established in the area. The park itself is an oasis in the city, where you can enjoy a relaxed stroll admiring the beautiful greenery, have a bite at a brasserie.