FAMILISTÈRE GARDEN byBASE

In March 2002, BASE won a practical contest to design the contemporary garden of the Familistère in Guise (Aisne). The first installment has been completed, the second one is in progress. Situated on an ancient 9 ha island with poplar plantations, the garden is regularly inundated by the severe flooding of the river Oise. 30,000 m3 of earthworks have been necessary to construct an embankment on an oxbow lake of the Oise and soften the general profile of the banks, all of which forms a promenade by the water. The garden is divided in 400 triangular parcels of 100 to 700 sq.m each, with 4 different matters: shrub, bush, meadow and grass.