One of the last big road infrastructures to be built in the city of Paris, created in 1973 after 17 years of work and 35 kilometres long, is celebrated with an exhibition at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal to mark its thirtieth anniversary.

Beyond being a simple stretch of asphalt, the road, used daily by 1.2 million vehicles, has over time become part of the agglomeration of Paris and its daily life.
With original photographs, images of the building works, around fifteen models made between 1960 and today, interviews and articles from newspapers, film clips and relevant photographic reportage made by Francois Lacour in recent years, events and controversies surrounding the project are illustrated, together with the transformation of the landscape and nocturnal views of the road system.

The opening of the exhibition takes place on Tuesday 29 April at 18.30 with three heads of department of the Paris city council: Denis Baupin for transport and circulation, Jean-Pierre Caffet for town planning and architecture – as well as president of the Pavillon de l’Arsenal – and Pierre Mansat for the relationships with the Ile-de-France area. The scientific commissioner for the event is architect Bertrand Lemoine.
 
until May 2003
30 ans du Périphérique
Pavillon de l’Arsenal, North mezzanine, 2nd level
Info: Centre d’information, de documentation et d’exposition d’Urbanisme et d’Architecture de la Ville de Paris
21, Bd Morland, 75004, Paris
Tel 01.42.762653–763195 Fax 01.42.762632 https://infopa@pavillon-arsenal.com