ARLES LUMA PARC DES ATELIERS
Arles, France

The semi-desert climate of the former industrial railway yard is transformed into a Mediterranean climate by accelerating what nature would have done over time. Planted with more than eighty thousand trees, shrubs and plants the park is made with the species of the three surrounding biotopes and connects all the buildings of the new art centre of the Luma Foundation.

Year: 2009 – 2021
Client: SCI AAI, AREA
Landscape Architect: Bureau Bas Smets
Architect: Gehry Partners LLP, Selldorf Architects
Photographs (7, 10): Rémi Bénali
Photographs (1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18): Iwan Baan
Photographs (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19): Michiel De Cleene