Parc de la Villette Opens New Urban Farm and Rewilded Landscapes in Paris | ArchDaily

Save this picture!Parc de la Villette, Paris, September 2012. Image © Marko Kudjerski via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 2.0Written by Antonia PiñeiroPublished on April 07, 2026 Share ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOrhttps://www.archdaily.com/1040370/parc-de-la-villette-opens-new-urban-farm-and-rewilded-landscapes-in-paris Clipboard "COPY" CopyParis's 19th arrondissement Parc de la Villette is undergoing a major transformation, combining a newly opened urban farm with restored biodiversity as part of a strategy to adapt the 55.5-hectare park to climate change. Masterplanned by Bernard Tschumi in 1982 and opened to the public in 1987, the park stands as a landmark of European modernism in public space design, breaking from the traditional concept of the metropolitan park. With a 15,000-square-meter extension, this major green lung in northeast Paris is reimagining its lawns as a living laboratory for environmental education, where animals, plants, and humans coexist. The extensive renovation follows the addition of Tschumi's HyperTent in 2022, a hyperbolic paraboloid structure functioning as a new ticket booth on the podium of Folie L4, and marks the park's most significant transformation since its inauguration. Save this picture!© Creative Commons User Jean-Marie Hullot licensed under CC BY 3.0During the early 1980s, Paris underwent a period of urban redevelopment aimed at city beautification and strengthening its appeal as a tourist destination. In 1982...