Intermediate Natures : The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne

ISBN-13: 9783764377144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 199 str.

Gilles A Tiberghien

Opis

Michel Desvigne is no doubt the most high-profile French landscape architect working today. This thematic monograph documents the key elements of Desvigne's work in individual chapters: processes of transformation, geography, territory, urban structures, and public squares.

Spis treści

I Essay Gilles Tiberghien

II Essay James Corner

 

1. Formations of Nature Defining the City

Rotterdam Biesboch Stad, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2005

Plaine du Var, France, 2006-

Lower Lea Valley, London, Great Britain, 2004

in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron

Burgos Urban Landscape Masterplan, Burgos, Spain, 2006-

in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron

 

2. Transformation of a Territory

Lyon-Confluence, Lyon, France, 2000-2004

Bordeaux Rive Droite, Bordeaux, France, 2000-2004

Millenium Park London, Great Britain, 1997-2000

in cooperation with Richard Rogers

Grand Quartier de Port Marianne in Montpellier, France, 1998-2002

 

3. Landscape and Urban Expansion

Issoudun, France, 2005

Cergy Pontoise, France, 2006-2008

Issoudun, Parc de Théols, France, 1993-1994

T.G.V. Station Méditéranée, Avignon (?), France, 1994-2002

 

4. The significance of a Park in the Contemporary City

Governors Island, New York, USA, 2007

Cité Nature, Arras, France, 2001-2005

in cooperation with Jean Nouvel

Sculpture Park of Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium, 1998-2000

 

5. Public Space

Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, Dallas, USA, 2004-2008

in cooperation with Norman Foster & Partners and OMA

Ile Séguin, Greater Paris, France, 2000-

Extension of the old harbor, Antwerp, Belgium, 2001-2004

Place and bank of the lake, Almere, Netherlands, 2000-2005

in cooperation with Rem Koolhaas and OMA

 

6. Transfer of Nature into a Human Made Area

Garden of the Ministry of Culture, Paris, France, 2001-2004

Rue de Meaux, Paris, France, 1989-1992

in cooperation with Renzo Piano

Utrecht Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1998-2000

 

7. Transfer of a Landscape to an Urban «Surface»

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2002-2005

in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron

Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 2004-2005

  

Appendix

O autorze

Gilles Tiberghien, Philosoph und Autor im Bereich "Land Art"; James Corner, Designer und Theoretiker, Pennsylvania University, USA.