Playgrounds of the Luxembourg Gardens
The garden is composed of three distinct types of layout.
A French-style part is visually revealing the axis of the palace. An English-style part (mainly to the west and south) and fairly open intermediate area, dominated by a geometric forest planted in staggered rows and small architectures forming a set of programmatic polarities. It is in the latter zone that place playground.
The forest is an open and visually porous space; the depth of field punctuated by a series of tree trunks whose geometrical layout. The playground must preserve this context and fit into it gently since it doesn't take much to signal.
In order not to block visibility, we have opted for relatively transparent and light games and a layout that allows the depth of the seen landscape while offering a maximum of rich and varied activities.
Like a hut at the bottom of the garden, a playground in a park is a form of heterotopia (Michel Foucault, 1966), a different space. The child finds there a set of objects and events which simultaneously summon his imagination, his reason and his desires. It is a space where "doing it together" and "doing it alone" combine to help develop the child's senses.
Project
Design for the occupation and operation of a children's playground in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris
Location
France, Paris 6e
Tender
Public
Surface
Nc.
Team
Projectiles, architect + designer (project manager)
Client
Le Sénat – Direction Logistique et Moyens Généraux
Delivery
COMPETITION 2017
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