Constructing gardens, cultivating the city : Paris's new parks, 1977-1995 / Amanda Shoaf Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vincent, Amanda Shoaf, author.

Series:

Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape architecture.

City planning--France--Paris.

City planning.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This book focuses on the five spaces whose designs best illustrate changes to park development practices, theoretical debates, and public perceptions in their shared time and place (1977-1995). These parks appear different from each other in many ways. The Parc de Bercy and Parc Andre-Citroën are four times as large as the Jardin Atlantique and Jardin des Halles. The Coulee verte, constructed from four kilometers of railroad right-of-way, inaugurated a new typology for parks. Different people, in teams composed of artists, landscape architects, architects, and urbanists, designed each park. Visually, their appearances vary widely, from the traditional details and naturalistic plantings of the Promenade plantee to formal gardens and modernist or postmodernist features in the Parc de Bercy, Parc Andre-Citroën, and Jardin Atlantique. Despite these differences, they all share a family resemblance thanks to the late twentieth-century Parisian context within which they were built. In this book, each park serves to illustrate a different facet of this cultural and historical context. In each park, gardened space crystallized debates about urban planning, the historic city, public space, and nature's presence in an urban setting. As these debates unfolded, they influenced planners, designers, and the everyday urban environment"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Jardin Atlantique: From Modernism to Postmodernity in Maine-Montparnasse

Chapter 2. Jardin des Halles: A Garden at the City Center

Chapter 3. Gardening and Meaning in the Parc André-Citroën

Chapter 4. Bercy's "Jardin de la Mémoire": Ruin, Allegory, Memory

Chapter 5. The Promenade Plantée, or Coulée Verte: Practices and Perceptions of Movement

Conclusion. The City as a Site of Constant Cultivation

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781512823868

1512823864

OCLC:

1353816703