Inverted peripheries: Le Boulevard Périphérique and the struggle for identity in Paris
(2011)
Presentation / Conference
Devereux, M. (2011, June). Inverted peripheries: Le Boulevard Périphérique and the struggle for identity in Paris. Paper presented at Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference, Queens University, Belfast
Le Périphérique is a 35.04kms long inner ring road built around Paris following the line of the former defensive wall demolished in 1929. Ever since it opened in 1973 there have been attempts to reduce its physical impact on the landscape. It is gene... Read More about Inverted peripheries: Le Boulevard Périphérique and the struggle for identity in Paris.