Standing atop a skeletal steel observatory tower in a new 280-acre park at Carrières-Sous-Poissy, in the western suburbs of Paris, one gets a panoramic view of the wider environment that shaped both the design of the landscape, by Agence TER, and of the two prominent structures on it—a museum and the viewing platform itself—by architects AWP and HHF. Created from overgrown wasteland, the park, named Parc du Peuple de L’Herbe (Park of the People of the Grass), lies within a tight loop of the River Seine, bordered on one side by water and on the other by a fast-growing residential area. Competition design briefs for both the landscape and buildings asked for economical interventions that could transform the former industrial site into an inviting destination offering diverse scenery and activities.
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