Pôle Gallieni

An urban prefiguration in Bagnolet’s Pôle Gallieni: participatory planting sessions with school groups and a citizen walk to draw up a shared project. A one-year project led by Hadrien for Coloco, in collaboration with Est Ensemble and the city of Bagnolet.

Graffiti-covered pillars and walls beneath the motorway viaduct

A crowd gathered for the citizen walk among planters beneath the motorway viaduct

Two men talking beside a planted container under an elevated motorway

A young tree growing out of the pavement beside a traffic-light pole

A shopping centre and twin towers rising above a motorway interchange

A participant in a floral dress beside flowering plants

A torn old postcard of Bagnolet pasted on a wall, showing a cottage and pigs

A young tree at the foot of a tall residential block

The colourful entrance of La Fosse aux Fraises behind a brick wall

A hand pointing at sticky notes on a printed site plan

Flyer inviting residents to the citizen walk in the Pôle Gallieni, Bagnolet

Working panel of the public survey for greening the Pôle Gallieni, covered in sticky notes

Photos by Hadrien Cassan unless otherwise credited

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