Estuaire itinerary
Paimbœuf
Le Jardin Étoilé
Kinya Maruyama

Visitors experience this space: here, you can walk, play, sit, breathe, or contemplate.

Paimbœuf is like a life-size adventure book, cast in a maritime past. Based on the riverbank of the Loire, the “star-studded garden”, soon to be classified “remarkable garden of the Loire-Atlantique”, is an ideal place to contemplate the landscape. Based on the constellation of Ursa Minor and the four cardinal points, architect-artist-landscape designer Kinya Maruyama used vernacular materials to build Le Jardin étoilé.

Kinya Maruyama, Le Jardin étoilé, Paimboeuf, création pérenne Estuaire 2007-09
Kinya Maruyama, Le Jardin étoilé, Paimboeuf, création pérenne Estuaire 2007-09

Artwork created for Estuaire 2007 and 2009 with the support of the Caisse des Dépôts, with the participation of schools in Paimbœuf as well as the Lycée Louis-Brossaud in Saint-Nazaire and the Tokyo School of Architecture.

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