The la Villette park design by Bernard Tschumi includes a series of walkways and promenades. The main northsouth axis is a primary organizational spine for the park. The east west axis bordering the canal is an elevated one, with views of the park and museum beyond Finally, there is the sinusoidal pathway that meanders through the park on a casual path. Hugh Dutton, as an employe at RFR with Peter Rice, developed a working relationship with Tschumi, a professor at the AA when he attended the school. He proposed the undulating wave canopy for the North south gallery, the leaning masts of the east-west canopy and finally the twisted beam structure for the East west crossing of the sinusoidal promenade.
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La villette park footbridge, Paris
Hugh Dutton’s role: Design as consultant at RFR