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Le jardin des faïenciers de Sarreguemines ou la réconciliation d’une mémoire industrielle et de son site par le biais du jardin by Philippe NIEZ – Château de Bénouville
The Sarreguemines earthenware makers’ garden or how to reconcile industrial heritage and site through the garden
After a short presentation of his career, Philippe Niez will begin by providing a definition of the call for proposals (competition), then the sources of reflection and the design which, collectively managed, led to the garden’s present-day organisation. The presentation will continue with the restoration work itself, the magic of the site, enhanced by the commitment of those who contributed towards its restoration and, finally, the present-day garden and ongoing development projects and other, utopic ones.
Philippe Niez
A landscaper and enthusiastic gardener, Philippe Niez draws a multitude of approaches and skills from his general horticultural training (École de Saint-Cyran, near Paris), which enable him to develop each project with formal and qualitative “made-to-measure” ambition. During his studies, he met with the landscaper Gilles Clément with whom he worked in close collaboration for around 15 years. Together, they founded the Atelier Acanthe in 1985. After the creation of the Parc André Citroën in Paris, the realisation of which he supervised up to the park’s official opening, Philippe Niez created his own Studio in 1995 and has since been honouring a number of public and private orders which have earned him great praise in many French and international publications. Philippe Niez teaches at the École de Fontainebleau. He also teaches in the continuing education programme at the ENSP (National Graduate School of Landscape) in Versailles.