Parking Garage, Parking Perrache Omniparc (2010)*

Artist/Designer: Patrick Blanc

Project Location: Lyon, France

Figure 1: Parking Perrache. Source: Parking Perrache, Lyon. 2010, Digital Image. Available from Vertical Garden Patrick Blanc. ( Source | Accessed : December 26, 2013 )

Figure 2: Parking Perrache. Source: Parking Perrache, Lyon. 2010, Digital Image. Available from Vertical Garden Patrick Blanc. ( Source | Accessed : December 26, 2013 )

Figure 3: Parking Perrache. Source: Parking Perrache, Lyon. 2010, Digital Image. Available from Vertical Garden Patrick Blanc. ( Source | Accessed : December 26, 2013 )

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Light

Function(s):
No Function Assigned.

Related Website(s):

Patrick Blanc's Website | Accessed : March 10, 2018

Article | Accessed : March 10, 2018

Architect's Website | Accessed : March 10, 2018

Significant Date(s):
21st Century, 2010

Additional Information:
Project Description:
Patrick Blanc is a talented French botanist, born in Paris June 3, 1953. He works at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, where he specializes in plants from tropical forests. He has invented the green wall. This parking garage was built in Lyon, France and was completed in 2010. The architect is Dominique Bourreau - Atelier Arch and the owner is Omnipark.

Publications/Texts in Print:
Klotz, Harriet. Vertical Gardens. Capetown: New Holland Publishers, 2017.

Blanc, Patrick, Véronique Lalot. The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008.

Viveret, Patrick, Anne-Marie Sacquet, Nicolas Blanc. L'avenir en vert: environnement, santé, emploi pour une France du XXIe siècle. Paris: Seuil, 2007.

Building Address:
2 Rue Smith
69002 Lyon
France

Supporting Staff/Designers:
Patrick Blanc designed the garden wall.
Dominique Bourreau is the architect of the parking garage.

Tags:
Vertical garden, garden, parking garage, urban garden, parking, transportation design, car architecture, france, lyon,

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