a recipe for success h
in 30 years
where is it?
north-east of Paris
Map of the État Mayor before the construction of the slaughterhouses, 1830’s.
Map of the neughbourhood around the slaughterhouses, 1880’s.
The main entrance: Grand Halle, 1880’s.
Plan of the industrial slaughterhouses, 1858.
history of the place Haussmann decided to place in the outskirts of Paris an enormous
slaughterhouse It was opened in 1867.
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slaughterhouse at its peak
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too close to the city
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the city grows and the neighbours complain of the industrial site
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last remodelling
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last cow killed in 1974
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dismantled
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A new life for the slaughterhouse.
contest for a park In 1982 teams from all over the wold dreamed of this place.
alternatives The project by Jean ProuvĂŠ.
the other park The fiction created by Rem Koolhaas suggests a Zeitgeist.
OMA It was not the chosen one.
the project The winning project had the challenchallen ge of setting things in order.
Bernard Tshumi Breaking: a new strategy of space.
three systems A grid of POINTS (objects), LINES (mouvements) adn SURFACES (spaces).
urban free plan
combination of activities workshops, gym, playgrounds, exhibitions, sports, museums, concerts, scientific education
open cultural center
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beggining of the works
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end of the works
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a park with small threes
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an atractive park
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arriving at its maturity
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its image in 2019
history of the place
industrial slaughterhouse turned into...
history of the place
a urban park succesful
this brownfield reversed its fate from a decaying land to one of the most attractive places of the city.
its recipe for success a symbol is born when the acitvities it allows magnify the perception of it. a game of how it is lived and how it is perceived.
how it is perceived? this park is the support for social relationships, a background for personal identification and artistic expression
how is it perceived?
culture /// arts #laVillette
how is it perceived?
background for selfies #laVillette
how is it perceived?
social // reunion #laVillette
how it is lived? this area allows mixed activities at the same time, all day long. the network of relationships grows stronger, almost tangible
how is it lived?
scenery for relationships dancing, playing, singing to plain picnics on the grass.
how is it lived?
scenery for relationships the wide range of roles one can take here is what makes it memorable. it is memory maker machine.
how it achieved its maturity in only 30 years?
success through complexity . a constelation of activities with an atractive background, so that it is never quite or still. it is specific and generalistic at the same time.