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Tschumi Parc de la Villette is the first publication to document
comprehensively Bernard Tschumi's first, and arguably still most
celebrated project. With new and republished writing including a
text by Bernard Tschumi and Anthony Vidler's "Trick-Track"
originally published in 1986, alongside a newly-commissioned essay
assesing the Parc from a contemporary and historical perspective,
this book documents Parc de la Villette from its conception,
through the 30 years of its existence, to the present. Tschumi Parc
de la Villette includes drawings, concept sketches, models and
photographs showing the development of the Parc over three decades,
brought together in a single volume for the first time since the
1980s. One of the "Grands Projets" commissioned by the French
Government in the 1980s, Parc de la Villette set a benchmark for
urban parks in the latter part of the twentieth century and into
the twenty-first. Tschumi constructed a series of follies across
the site, creating what he called "the largest discontinuous
building in the world". Published to coincide with the 30th
anniversary of the Parc, Tschumi Parc de la Villette broadly
celebrates the project, and articularly the way in which it has
been embraced by generations of Parisians and a diverse
international public.
The sequel to Bernard Tschumi's best-selling Event-Cities,
documenting his recent architectural projects and updating his
thoughts on architectures and cities. In Event-Cities (MIT Press,
1994), Bernard Tschumi expanded his architectural concerns to
address the issue of cities and their making. Event-Cities 2
continues this project through new selections from his recent
architectural projects. The book includes the first comprehensive
documentation of the drawings for the award-winning Parc de la
Villette (including many previously unpublished drawings), his
project for the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art, two
architectural schools, a concert and exhibition hall, a student
center, a railway station, a department store, and other urban
projects. Tschumi suggests that architecture can accelerate the
events of everyday life through new forms of organization. Using
various modes of notation ranging from rough models to
sophisticated computer-generated images, he reveals the
complexities of the architectural process and the rich texture of
events that define urban reality today.
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