The completion of the Meudon campus park bears witness to the long time period necessary for the creation of a landscape. Following the first step completed in 2006, the redevelopment of buildings B1 and B2 ten years later, provides the opportunity of returning to the terrain, and for a qualitative evolution of the garden. The following descriptions outline the successive phases of design and realization of the project.

2006

Extending from the southern part of Seguin Island, the Seibert Bridge crosses an arm of the Seine to join the hills of Meudon whose steep slopes create a striking amphitheater. In continuation of this axis, a square provides wide perspectives on the Seine valley landscape surrounding. The campus's exterior spaces contain an imposing amount of wooded areas, with native tree species descending the hillsides and spreading throughout the site all the way to the river banks.

Birch trees, adaptable enough to grow in very thin ground, cover the spaces reserved for parking lots. Ivy grows around the base of the buildings. The exceptional quantity of trees used to create the project's naturalistic vision imparts an immediate plant presence despite the young age of the plantings.

Further downstream, the birch trees give way to willows, alders, poplars, and bald cypresses. These riparian trees provide shade for the damp area located below the buildings. Rainwater is diverted into a ground depression by small canals; flora and fauna specific to damp environments is set up within this undergrowth that floods from time to time. Semiaquatic plants, such as iris and reeds, enrich the biodiversity present while contributing through phytoremediation in locally treating the polluted urban water.   

2016

The redevelopment of buildings B1 and B2 provided the opportunity of regenerating the gardens. Despite an acceptable amount of growth and development, the trees require very precise management. The selection of older trees and replacing certain trees serves in reinforcing the initial plant strategy, while adapting it to the reality of the site. The focus lay in gaining control over the perception of the buildings on the hillsides and of the views over the river. Across the entirety of the campus, the earth is loosened, aerated, and enriched in order to help facilitate tree growth as well as the regrowth of the herbaceous layer. With the sustaining walls covered with climbing plants, the impression of physical continuity between the park and the wooded hillsides is reinforced visually. The overall reorganization of the site provides the opportunity as well of diversifying its uses.

On ground level of building 2, a large thousand square meter terrace in wood edges into the undergrowth. This practicable expanse allows for new kinds of activities to take place here, including food service and diverse events, helping facilitate the use of the site.