Vill'Up Entertainment Complex, Parc de la Villette, Paris

4 October 2017 · Paris

Vill'Up anchors the eastern edge of Parc de la Villette with its mix of industrial steel framework and glass curtain wall. The billboard — cinéma, restos, shopping — makes the pitch plainly; the sundial sculpture on the lawn in front makes it quietly strange. Commercial ambition and public green space pressed flat against each other, both claiming the same ground.