Versailles Water Theater Reimagined
The gardens of Versailles have long been unwritten as a site of possibility and accepted as one of maintenance and restoration, until now. Once the location of the king’s outdoor entertainment venue, the Water Theater grove has been reimagined by French landscape designer Louis Benech and sculptor Jean-Michel Othoniel. You can read the New York Times article here to learn what the pair have in store for the public space.
Photographs by Philippe Chancel. Illustration: courtesy of Chateau Versailles/JM Manaï, via The New York Times