Jardins Albert Kahn

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Jardins Albert Kahn

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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In collaboration with the architectural firm Kengo Kuma and Associates, our role included the execution of a meticulous restoration work and the enhancement of the existing landscape heritage through subtle and modest transitions. The Albert Kahn estate is a place within which a little calm and fresh air can be found, a bucolic experience within the otherwise heavily urbanized context surrounding.

The promenade is the first activity a visitor usually engages in when discovering and observing nature in the form of a garden. We therefore proposed plantings that would render this promenade continually more enjoyable and surprising. Through the arrangement of these more or less thick plantings, we wished to accentuate certain volumes so as to create a number of visual corridors and games of perspective along the pathways. Elsewhere, the vertical dimension is accentuated through the terracing and exaggeration of the plant strata. The garden experience is thereby enriched.

One of the most charming characteristics of the site is that its great beauty remains present throughout the year. Each season brings its series of discoveries and surprises. Each section of the garden functions in correlation with its neighbor, which solicits and maintains the constant interest of the visitor. Our proposals pay particular attention to the seasonal rhythms of gardens. Taking note and advantage of the different calendars of when flowers come into bloom, or trees into leaf, the arrangements provide a vegetal palette rich in textures and colors in harmony with their immediate context.          

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Year:
2014
Status:
Built
Program:
Gardens, Cultural
Client:

Conseil Général des Hauts-de-Seine

Project Team:

Michel Desvigne, Paysagiste
Kuma & Associates Europe Arschitects (lead consultant)

Area:

Study area: 4 ha (9,8 acres) / Projet area: 4 000 m2 (0,9 acres)