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A folly in the Parc de la Villette
A folly in the Parc de la Villette

The Parc de la Villette is a park in Paris at the outer edge of the 19th arrondissement, bordering Seine-Saint-Denis. At 25 hectares, these former slaughterhouse grounds constitute the largest park in the city of Paris and its second largest greenspace (after the Père Lachaise cemetery). The park houses public facilities devoted to science and music, and many follies. Image File history File links Description: La Vilette in Paris Source: photographed in 1991 --Immanuel Giel 07:54, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Parc de la Villette ... Image File history File links Description: La Vilette in Paris Source: photographed in 1991 --Immanuel Giel 07:54, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Parc de la Villette ... Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England In architecture, a folly is an extravagant, useless, or fanciful building, or a building that appears to be something other than what it is. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The 19e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ... Seine-Saint-Denis is a French département located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 hectares (100,000 m²) and 100 hectares (1,000,000 m²). See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Workers and cattle in a slaughterhouse. ... Looking down the hill at the Père Lachaise cemetery The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ... Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England In architecture, a folly is an extravagant, useless, or fanciful building, or a building that appears to be something other than what it is. ...


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  • Park website

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Parc de la Villette (615 words)
His thoughts on disjunction led to the design of the Parc de la Villette in Paris, in which he won a competition for construction in 1983.
The similarities are evident in the drawing style and form, as well as the use of structure, evident in his sketch at left with its similarities to Chernikov's drawings from the early 20th Century.
The influence of the Constructivists is apparent in the formal qualities of the Parc and Tschumi's desire to upset the traditional aspects of architecture, though he is never explicit of this influence.
Villette Numerique (1462 words)
The Cité des Sciences, the Parc de la Villette and the Cité de la Musique will establish a system in which the data and the participants' responses to this competition will be stored and used for verification purposes in the event of any complaint.
The Cité des Sciences, the Parc de la Villette and the Cité de la Musique disclaim all liability in the event of the responses sent by e-mail being incorrectly received or not received, whatever the reason, given the nature of the Internet.
The C.S.I., the Parc de la Villette and the Cité de la Musique undertake to do all that is technically possible to protect all the original programs of the works in their possession to ensure that they cannot be accessed by or used by third parties.
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