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Cummunity garden at “Place au Changement”, Saint-Étienne, France.

Collectif ETC, has designed a 670m2 public space in Saint-Ètienne, wich has been build by their own inhabitants during this summer. Beyond others, it includes a carpentry workshop to build urban furniture, and a garden workshop to design the shared urban garden displayed in the site.

At the intersection of two streets, the site was formerly a wasteland. Answering the on-going urban changes in the neighborhood, the project simulates a first step of the process in which a building is designed and built. The idea is to represent the plan of imaginary housings on the ground and their section on the wall. Now people can imagine living in the future buildings and get an idea of the impact of the real one that should be built in a couple of years (…) A water tank is available and local people had the initiative to keep taking care of the garden themselves and organize regular events. The furniture is not damaged, the place is well maintained and the inhabitants decided to name it “Place of the Giant” after the large painting made by artists Ella&Pitr. It is now an important element in the neighborhood, a place that neighbors identify to.” via archdaily

More info, videos and photos here. 

I’ve seen a lot of community gardens posted on the internet over the last couple of weeks and I think I’ve only ever blogged about one and thats because once you’ve seen one, you’ve kind of seen them all! So, it was nice to come across this one from France, it’s got some nice street art as its backdrop, the shape of the garden is also quite interesting and most of all I love how it’s on the street and not hidden away behind a load of fencing so everyone can appreciate it and maybe feel less intimidated about getting involved! They even hold graphic design workshops there….coolest garden ever?!!?