PARIS LA DÉFENSE
Courbevoie, France

The public space around a new skyscraper in the Paris La Défense business district is suspended above an urban boulevard. Alder trees are densely planted to create an urban forest. Their roots grow freely beneath a continuous granite hardscape that gives a robust identity to this plaza surrounded by glass towers.

Year: 2011 – 2020
Client: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Landscape Architect: Bureau Bas Smets
Architect: Cro&Co Architecture
Photographs (1, 4, 9, 10, 11): Michiel De Cleene