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Dreamy Timber Pavilions Stacked High Atop One Another Coming to Paris’ Largest Urban Park

Posted By Tafline Laylin On September 17, 2011 @ 10:15 am In Architecture | No Comments

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Not only is Paris going to get a brand new urban park about 1/8th the size of New York's Central Park, but it's going to be adorned with these dreamy "follies" - a series of colorful timber pavilions. Swiss architects HHF ^[6] & AWP ^[7] won the competition to design these modular structures, which will either be stacked to create an observatory, clustered to form a visitor center and restaurant, or scattered along the Seine river in Carrière-Sous-Poissy. There they will join existing barges, fishing huts, and house boats to give the city's urban fabric ^[8] a touch of riverside ambience.

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In order to cut down on costs, these adorable follies will be of a standard size and will be constructed by local companies ^[10], making them a project for Paris by Paris. The park – designed to be an ecological showcase for city residents and visitors – will create a 113 hectare extension to the city’s northern end. By installing the minimalist timber sheds ^[11], city officials generate the sense that a day out is more than just a bourgeois walk in the park. Love button anyone?

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Via Dezeen ^[12]

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[6] HHF: http://hhf.ch/hhf/en/projects/archive/2011/poissy.photos.0.html

[7] AWP: http://www.platforms.fr/

[8] city's urban fabric: http://inhabitat.com/high-performance-housing-for-parisian-students-weaves-into-the-urban-fabric/

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[10] constructed by local companies: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/jagged-chunks-of-sidewalk-reused-to-create-unique-median-for-queens-plaza/

[11] minimalist timber sheds: http://inhabitat.com/the-shiners-minimalist-rocking-bed-is-built-from-industrial-waste/

[12] Dezeen: http://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/16/parc-des-bords-de-seine-by-hhf-architects-and-awp/

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