Paris Projet n°18 - Restoring the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes

Often considered as sort of “buffer spaces” between Paris and its suburbs, the parks Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes were for along time overlooked...

The Bois de Vincennes park in 1977 © Apur

... by development projects.

However in the 1970s a growing awareness finally reinstated the two woods in their role as the capital’s “Green lungs”.

The review also looks at the development projects planned for the 15th district following the closure of of the Vaugirard slaughterhouses in 1979.

Table of contents:

The re-enhancement of the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes parks

Bois de Boulogne

  • Stages of evolution
  • Haussemann’s intervention
  • Rehabilitation projects

Bois de Vincennes

  • Stages of evolution
  • Haussemann’s intervention
  • Rehabilitation projects

Development of the old Vaugirard slaughterhouses

  • The land, the site and its surrounding areas 
  • The development plan
  • First stages

 

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