atelier le balto

Véronique Faucheur (*1963 in Oran, FR) and Marc Pouzol (*1966 in Bourg-la-Ceine, FR) are the two members of atelier le balto. Kunstpause was realised in collaboration with Marc Vatinel (*1967 in Lille, FR). The key focus of the Berlin-based collective is the transformation of public spaces. Their work is characterised by minimal architectural and horticultural interventions in the respective found setting. In this way they open up frequently isolated, overgrown or abandoned, fallow inner-city green spaces, but also gardens and parks, invest them with new aesthetic appeal and make them accessible (or return them) to public use.

28 Emscherkunstweg Atelier le balto 5482 Hening Rogge Emscherkunstweg ©

Kunstpause

The Berlin landscape architecture office atelier le balto transformed a large, overgrown hazelnut grove near a motorway feeder road into a place to linger for Emscherkunst 2016.