Présentation de l'éditeur :
Gilles Clément confronts the homogenizing effects of globalization with
the diversity of life. As a trained gardener, he places our current
knowledge of plant utilization and ecology in the service of the
"planetary garden," in which plant species from a tremendous variety of
cultures are collected, composed, and carefully overseen in their
development by the landscape designer.
Clément has taken this approach,
which was developed for private gardens, and worked with celebrated
architects – most recently, Jean Nouvel – to apply it in his large city
parks, including Parc Citroën, the park at the Grande Arche de La
Défense, and the museum park at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris.
The
high artistic caliber of his designs is attested by exhibitions and
installations at the Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA in Montreal
and the Centre Pompidou, where they stand beside the work of Daniel
Buren, Nan Goldin, and others.
Gilles Clément has been presenting his
contribution to landscape architecture for decades in more than thirty
publications and numerous lectures throughout the world. This is the
first comprehensive English-language monograph on his work.
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