atelier lebalto, Berlin
The Berlin-based landscape architecture firm uses the off spaces of the city – vacant lots, forgotten courtyards, parking lots – and imbues them with a certain self-awareness, radically turning a space into a place. Of course, there is an element of secret discovery about many of atelier le balto’s projects, a certain poetry in the bringing to the surface what was previously obscured – the finding of spaces that seem somehow off the usual map we inhabit in the city. Atelier le balto’s guiding principles: just like the city itself, the gardens are places to meet people, to interact socially. But at the same time they are spaces to be alone, to look at the natural world, to watch time pass.
«atelier lebalto» are:
Marc Pouzol (landscape architect)
Veronique Faucheur (urban planner)
Laurent Dugua (architect)
Marc Vatinel (landscape architect)
selected projects:
Kunst Werke 01, 2004
Sit-Down, Wilhelmsburg, 2013
La Jachère, 2009
