National Architecture Days
Parc des Ateliers
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On the occasion of the National Architecture Days, LUMA Arles is offering a free program to (re)discover its site and architecture. A special focus will be dedicated to The Tower designed by Frank Gehry, as well as the landscaped park envisioned by Bas Smets. Tours and workshops will invite both children and adults to explore their forms and stories.
Guided tour
La Tour : une architecture pour le centre culturel du XXIᵉ siècle (in French only)
Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19 at 10:30 a.m.
This guided tour of The Tower invites visitors to discover the different stages of its construction and design, while exploring the technical challenges that shaped this extraordinary building.
From age 12 and up.
Free tour, reservation required, subject to availability.
Duration: 1h30.
Workshop
Build Your Own Tower!
Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, ongoing from 2:00 p.m.
Using colorful and original construction materials, children will be able to invent, assemble, and bring their own tower to life. Inspired by The Tower designed by Frank Gehry, they will discover how architecture plays with shapes, textures, and colors.
For children ages 4 and up (must be accompanied by an adult).
Free activity, no reservation required.
Exhibition
Climates of Landscape
Bas Smets
As part of the National Architecture Days, the exhibition Climates of Landscape by Bas Smets, landscape architect of the LUMA Arles park, will be exceptionally open to the public with free admission.
Climates of Landscape brings together landscape architecture, design and ecological thinking to demonstrate how urban ecologies can be conceived and constructed. The exhibition explores the way to rethink ecosystems and our relationship to the environment.