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  • Essay / The City of Paris, France: Jardins d'Éole - 1367

    IntroductionThe city of Paris is famous for its obsession and long tradition of designing its urban spaces, as evidenced by the large number of over 450 public spaces designed (gardens, squares, parks, walks, etc.) included in its larger area. At the same time, many Parisian gardens and parks appear to be a legacy of its royal past or gifts from the city's previous presidents and mayors and often tend to be "museumized." An exceptional example of this plethora of designed urban spaces has to offer is the Jardins d'Éole. Designed in 2005 by Michel and Claire Corajoud and Georges Descombes as a “living space” or “living space”, the Jardins d’Éole stand out from the rest of the cases for several reasons; First of all, its location: Cour du Maroc (as the site was called before its redesign and renaming Jardins d'Éole), was a former strip of marshalling yard of 4.2 hectares, located near the center of the city between the 18th and 19th. district, in an interesting but complex urban area, between buildings and the railway line. The surrounding neighborhood is historically inhabited by a low-income, predominantly immigrant, multicultural, disadvantaged and diverse user community. The new park is the result of ten years of activism and environmental mobilization of its community, represented by a neighborhood association, claiming the space as essential to improving their daily living conditions in the densest area of Paris. Finally, the successful role of the Jardins d'Éole as an inclusive urban space and interactive platform for its users, trying to reduce social and spatial inequalities, makes it an innovative example of sustainable urban design. History of the site.... .. middle of paper ......the linearity of the site and presents to its visitors different recreational and interactive functions combined with environmental issues. Entering from the southeast, an open lawn intended for picnics and relaxation is situated between a linear space made of a gravel sample intended to be a wildflower garden and the large clay wall beneath the viaduct. The clay wall is created by artist Carmen Perrrin andWorks CitedNewman, Andrew; Contested ecologies: environmental activism and urban space in Immigrant Paris, published online, City & Society, Vol. 23, number 2, 2011 p. 192-209Malcolm, Laine; Les Jardins d'Éole: extending the picturesque, Studies on the history of gardens and landscaped landscapes: an international quarterly, 33: 4, 2013, p. 290-304 Jole, Michel; The public in parks: between observation and action, Urbani izziv, vol. 19, no. 2, Ljubljana, 2008