Parc de la Villette .281987.E2.80.931991.29 History of parks and gardens of Paris



parc de la villette, high-tech amusement park, has ten different thematic gardens , playgrounds


the parc de la villette formerly main slaughterhouse of city, located in 19th arrondissement @ intersection of canal de l ourq , canal saint-denis. 1 structure remains old site, grande halle, built in 1867 jules de merindol, student of baltard, had built famous glass , iron structures of les halles. in 1982, , international competition selected landscape architect bernard tschumi design park. final design composed of ten thematic gardens, tschumi described cinematic promenade of different sights , styles.


the parc de la villette more in category of high-tech amusement park, disneyland or tivoli gardens, traditional park. twenty hectares of fifty-five hectare site devoted buildings , structures, including cite des sciences et de l industrie, cite de la musique, zenith performance hall, full-sized submarine, , central landmark, mirror-surfaced geode, geodesic dome. ten thematic gardens include playgrounds , small peaceful sanctuaries; include garden of mirrors, garden of shadows, garden of islands, garden of bamboos, garden of dunes, , several thematic playgrounds, including 1 slide in form of dragon. gardens feature works of sculpture noted artists , sculptors, including claes oldenburg , daniel buren.








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