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Les Promenades de Paris. 1867–1873. Born in Grenoble, Alphand entered the École polytechnique in 1835 and continued his engineering studies at the prestigious École des ponts et chaussées in 1837. He began his career as an engineer in the coastal city of Bordeaux, working on improvements to the port, railways, and other infrastructure.
Alphand, Adolphe (1817–1891): Les Promenades de Paris. Planches. Rothschild Éditeurs. Paris 1867-1873. 960 Parc des Buttes Chaumont Alphand 1867.
It asks how a multi-disciplinary team of public servants, led by the engineer Adolphe Alphand, responded to the simultaneous demands of cultural and utilitarian necessities, and how the public received the new gardens.
Dec 7, 2017 · Night garden in Paris off the Champs-Elysées, showing typical urban furniture and landscape elements developed by Alphand and his team in the 1850s-60s. Photo © Sorbis. Explore Adolphe Alphand's pioneering role in greening 19th-century Paris.
Alphand created walks, parks and gardens designed to embellish and sanitise Paris. He also heavily remodeled the Bois de Vincennes and Bois de Boulogne in Paris's 12th and 16th arrondissements, respectively.
Montrouge Square, Paris, France, engraving from Les Promenades de Paris , by Adolphe Alphand, published by J Rothschild, Paris, 1867-1873. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
This study investigates a formative episode in the history of modern landscape architecture and public space design: the rapid creation of public parks, squares, and tree-lined thoroughfares in Paris between 1852 and 1870, the period of the French Second Empire, to form a series of interconnecting “promenades.”
