Exhibition “Groundscape, Chronicles & Fictions”

Dominique Perrault Architecture Firm, Paris 11e

The exhibition presents the theoretical and completed works pertaining to the notion of underground architecture entitled “Groundscape” – a fusion of “Ground” and “Landscape” developed by Dominique Perrault Architecture. It is structured in three sections.

The section “Chronicles” includes a selection of the firm’s projects, presented as working documents showing the continued research on the underground. It features an overview of the architectural process, from the design stage, the construction site and the completed building.

The second section, entitled “Fictions”, presents a series of utopian projects for the Paris of the future, to demonstrate that it is possible to construct the metropolis of tomorrow by keeping intact its existing heritage.

The third and final section reveals the references that served for the reflection of the concept of Groundscape. More than a collection of documents, the latter are fundamental instruments for the architectural creation process. They claim both the autonomy of architecture as a discipline and the need for a multidisciplinary dialogue.