The lines of the park are composed of two major perpendicular axes running parallel to the orthogonal grid. These form the major walkways throughout the
park and consist mostly of steel, and iron. The lines give the park a strong linear focus.
A curved walkway threads its way through the park, intersecting the linear walks at various points.
The Villette, like a rhizome, cuts and ends abruptly, but
always re-connects and
never quite loses the ‘inherent logic’ contained within its structural composition.
This idea of cutting and re-forming is very closely related to Guattari and Deleuze’s ‘rhizome’ theory, where they state that the
rhizome is itself a non-linear form, and it’s superiority lies in its ability to reconnect to any one of its new
lines even though it may become shattered or broken.