Location: Carrières-sous-Poissy, France
Poissy Galore is a series of public buildings and pavilions designed by HHF Architects and AWP for the Parc du Peuple de l’Herbe, a 113-hectare green space along the Seine. Set within a landscape of water, grassland, paths, and ecological habitats, the project gives the park several points of orientation and public use.
The programme includes an observatory, an insects museum, a visitor centre, and smaller pavilions. The steel observatory rises as a clear vertical marker, offering views over the surrounding landscape, the lake, and the Seine. The museum and visitor centre are more discreet: low timber structures shaped by simple forms, filtered light, and a close relation to the ground.
The buildings work as small landmarks within the park, supporting exhibition, observation, gathering, and orientation without dominating the landscape.
Published in PIN–UP Issue 20, “Grass Hoppers” explores the transformation of Parc du Peuple de l’Herbe near Paris, featuring subtle structures by TER, AWP, and HHF. Written by Andrew Ayers, with photography by Julien Lanoo.
