The eco-acoustic landscape of La Défense

  • Publish On 25 May 2023
  • Sara El Samman
  • 6 minutes

Landscape is not just a matter of shapes and colors. It also emanates from the sensitive perception of a sound environment, however urbanized it may be. This is what Sara el Samman defends in her diploma project, awarded by the Fédération Française du Paysage. Would La Défense be the same without the sound of heels on flagstones?

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