British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman are redesigning the approaches to the Eiffel Tower in Paris ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The London studio won the competition for the Site Tour Eiffel project, beating entries from Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami.
Gustafson Porter + Bowman‘s redesign aims to address crowding issues and improve services at the Parisian landmark ahead of the Olympic Games being held in the French capital.
Called One Line, Gustafson Porter + Bowman’s vision for the famous landmark is add more greenery to the areas either side of the Eiffel Tower.
One Line will create a green corridor the Palais de Chaillot at the Place du Trocadéro and the École Militaire at the Place Joffre. It will feature an amphitheatre at the Trocadéro and more public space around the Varsovie Fountains.
Pont d’Iéna is going to be turned into a green bridge, and the Champ de Mars will have two new squares, a pool and raised lawns.
“This landscape of power serves to elevate the sense of arrival so many tourists seek,” said Gustafson Porter + Bowman.
“Overlaying this is a second landscape, one that recalls the French picturesque and its history of gardens as places of artistic experimentation.”
New trees will be planted in One Line’s new parks around the Eiffel Tower, to improve the biodiversity of the area. Out of a commitment to tackle the climate crisis, Paris is aiming to hold the most sustainable Olympic Games yet.
The first stage of the One Line project is due to be completed in 2023, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Populous and Egis have developed a masterplan for the games that would see the Eiffel Tower, along with other Parisian landmarks, turned into stages for various sporting events.
President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to rebuild the fire-damaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in time for the games, despite heritage experts cautioning it could take decades.
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