Photography: Claire de Virieu



AN AVANT-GARDE AND TIMELESS GARDEN, BACKSTAGE

 

 

FOR THIS 18TH-CENTURY MANSION IN THE HISTORIC HEART OF OLD PARIS, cREATING AN ANTI-CONFORMIST AND ULTRA-AVANT-GARDE GARDEN IS A MUST.

Area: 250 sq m
Location: Central Paris
Biotope: Deep shadow
Eco-garden: 3/5

 

 

PROJECT STAGES

[caption id="attachment_371" align="alignnone" width="780"]01-coulisses 2002: location photos, a classical garden deep in shadow and hemmed in by dreary walls.[/caption]

 

02-coulisses

 

[caption id="attachment_373" align="alignnone" width="380"]03-coulisses Work-site: making a concrete slab.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_374" align="alignnone" width="380"]04-coulisses Work-site: the “floating” terrace before the plantings.[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_375" align="alignnone" width="780"]05-coulisses 2003: horizontal and modern, the garden contrasts with the architecture of old Paris.[/caption]