IFLA EUROPE GA - Pecha Kucha Presentation FFP French landscape association

"Landscape as a Collective Memory"

Chamber of Turkish Landscape Architects statement: Landscape Architecture should integrate the perception of place into a historical continuum of art and culture, and bring people, society and human habitats closer to each other for a peaceful world. …/… The memories that contribute to the collective memory over time are altered or lost, and as result, part of the social memory and urban culture are lost, they are deleted from our memories; today, technologies that can be used with the new, without destroying the past, can allow us to capture and protect common memory.

There are many memories we have to take care of : - Natural memories - thanks to geologic understanding of a place , example Aigues Morte’s water system - Communication - how we bring each other together - example: Roman time in Europe - Memory for those that have fight for our peace example memorial cemetery of WWI

How can we design all these type of memories ? A landscape architect do have the skill to understand the space, the past traces, the grounding of a place and through design and environmental understanding revel and propose a new future for these area of Memory that we need to be active on, for our common future.

Jean Paul Viguier, Jean François Jodry & Associés Architects Laure Quoniam, Landscape architect Competition: 1989- End realisation 2001

Le Site du Pont du Gard The rehabilitation of the site of the Roman Aqueduc on the Gradon river next to Nimes

Jean Paul Viguier, Jean François Jodry & Associés Architects Laure Quoniam, Landscape architect Competition: 1989- End realisation 2001 Documents: Séminaire paysagistes conseil 2019- APCE

Le Site du Pont du Gard The rehabilitation of the site of the Roman Aqueduc on the Gradon river river next to Nimes

A landscape Memory of the past for contemporary visits and communication - 60 ha

Aigues-Mortes Memory of past water systems Reintroduction the swamp landscape and the maritime atmosphere in a relatively light design project.

MAITRE D'OUVRAGE: Ville d'Aigues-Mortes MISSION: GREEN CONCEPT Paysagistes Maîtrise d’œuvre complète SURFACE TRAITEE: 9 ha COUT D'OBJECTIF: 2,6 millions d’euros DATE DE LIVRAISON: 2014 PARTENAIRE: CEREG BET VRD, CEREG Ingénierie Pictures: green concept, Landscape architects - contact@greenconcept-fr.com ©Copyright, Tous droits réservés, Données personnelles

As part of « Operation Grand Site Camargue Gardoise », development of the southern and eastern ramparts of the city of Aigues-Mortes - Restoration of the link between the natural heritage areas of the Gard Camargue and the ramparts -The project Reveals the Memory of the natural water systems.

Past situation roads and car parks along the medieval walls. Geology : Memory of the water

Aigue Morte

The Ring of Memory, this memorial was created at the initiative of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the First World War, on a plateau that was the scene of fighting. extreme violence in 1914 and 1915. The names of nearly 580,000 men from all over the world are engraved without distinction of nationality, race, religion or rank. This tribute to all fighters, invites everyone to meditation and recalls the fragility of peace.

The image of "the circle of those who hold hands" inspired Philippe Prost and the landscape architect David Besson Girard the drawing of the ring to "give a form to the brotherhood, an expression for peace, combine art and nature to put them at the service of memory. Located on the hill of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, it unfolds horizontally, overlooking the valley of Artois, on the edge of Flanders. The ellipse, consisting of high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete. There are 500 metal panels with the engraved names. The overall is a art work, creating a new landscape dimension for our collective Memory.

Pictures : Mémorial international de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Ablain-Saint-Nazaire © Philippe Prost, architecte / AAPP © adagp – 2016 © Aitor ORTIZ

Maître d'ouvrage : conseil régional Nord-Pas de Calais Architecte, mandataire : Philippe Prost/AAPP - José Antonio Juan & Lucas Monsaingeon Graphiste, typographe : Pierre di Sciullo Paysagistes : David Besson-Girard / Frédéric Reverseau Création lumière : Yann Toma / Paul Marchesseau BET structure : C&E Ingénierie Ingénieurs-architectes : Jean-Marc Weill, Raphaël Fabbri Economie : Bureau Michel Forgue BET fluides, HQE : Bureau Louis Choulet Images & vidéo : ArtefactoryLab

Budget : 6,5 Millions €

The central garden takes up the colours of the Memory Trail: Each flower representing one of the belligerent powers: Red poppies for those under UK military force; White forget-me-not for The Germans and blueberries for all the soldiers under French army force.