Guided tour “The Right Bank: a heritage for tomorrow”

Name: Visita guiada «La Rive droite: un patrimonio para mañana»
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T18:40:00+02:00
Location: Lion Bleu

Participate in an exclusive tour in relay: 7 places, 7 guides to sketch our common heritage of tomorrow!

Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 14:00Passed

©Audrey Dubernet

Participate in an exclusive tour in relay: 7 places, 7 guides to sketch our common heritage of tomorrow!

La Bastide has long been a land of architectural and urban experimentation, from the construction of the Pont de Pierre to the most recent eco-neighbourhood projects.
Through a journey that will lead you to seven major achievements, the association All Art Do proposes to question the capacity of this heritage to accompany the great societal changes.
The notions of heritage and sustainability will be questioned by the seven guides to outline what will constitute our common heritage tomorrow.
The visit begins with the first speaker before Stalingrad’s Blue Lion. He will then tell you where the next speaker will meet.

About the location

Lion Bleu

Place Stalingrad - La Bastide, 33000 Bordeaux

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dominating Stalingrad Square, facing the stone bridge and the Garonne, this huge blue lion with protective looks, was made by Xavier Veilhan for a public commission in 2005, as part of the work of the tramway.
Made of composite materials of polystyrene, structure in metal and polyester resin, measuring 8 meters long and 6 meters high, it constitutes a real visual landmark at the entrance of the Bastide. Simplified to the extreme and disproportionate, this lion lies between toy, design and decoration, challenging the conventions of sculpture. This is also how the sculptor wanted it, who wanted "to install in Stalingrad Square a work that crystallizes its identity and becomes a simple and inseparable image of this place. I thought of an animal sculpture. An oversized lion, an animal more present in the collective imagination than in our reality".