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

HHF Architects, AWP Architects, Follies, minimalist, Carrière-Sous-Poissy, timber, local construction companies, seine river, green design, eco-design, sustainable design, ecological showcase

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 & AWP won the competition a

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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 & AWP 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 a touch of riverside ambience.

Parisians will get more than a bourgeouis walk in the park at their new Seine river urban park.

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Parisians will get more than a bourgeouis walk in the park at their new Seine river urban park.

HHF and AWP Architects from Switzerland won a design competition to design a series of minimalist timber "follies" to adorn the park

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HHF and AWP Architects from Switzerland won a design competition to design a series of minimalist timber "follies" to adorn the park

They will be of a standard, simple construction

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They will be of a standard, simple construction

In order to reduce costs

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In order to reduce costs

And they will be constructed by local firms (by Paris for Paris)

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And they will be constructed by local firms (by Paris for Paris)

The 113 hectare park north of the city will be an ecological showcase for residents and visitors alike.

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The 113 hectare park north of the city will be an ecological showcase for residents and visitors alike.

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

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