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(Agron Bislimi)

Return of the springs
Châtel-Guyon, France

  • client City of Châtel-Guyon
  • landscape architect JNC Sud
  • lighting designer L'Acte Lumière
  • electrical planning Cabinet Merlin
  • electrical installation Eiffage Énergie
  • photographer Agron Bislimi
  • Representation Selux France

The ligh­ting at Place Bros­son, in Châtel-Guyon, has brought the springs of this spa town in Dépar­te­ment Puy-de-Dôme, France back to life.

Châtel-Guyon’s springs emer­ged at the end of the 17th cen­tury with a dis­tinc­tive gur­g­ling noise, which earned them the name of Gar­gouil­loux. The springs were opened up to the public in the second half of the 19th cen­tury by Camille Bros­son, who built a ther­mal esta­blish­ment there. Like most spa towns in France, Châtel-Guyon also inclu­ded a casino and a the­a­tre. At the begin­ning of the 20th cen­tury, a new buil­ding repla­ced the Brosson’s old esta­blish­ment: the Grands Ther­mes.

(Agron Bis­limi)

The ligh­ting pro­ject at Place Bros­son has been inspi­red by its past. Indeed, thanks to the ligh­ting design con­cei­ved by Jean-Yves Soe­tinck, from the ​“Acte Lumi­ère” agency, the water is gus­hing out of the springs once again on Place Bros­son, with illu­mi­na­ted foun­tains whose noise recalls the famous gur­g­ling sound of the ​“Gar­gouil­loux”.

(Agron Bis­limi)

(Agron Bis­limi)

Lif light columns have been instal­led to pro­vide ligh­ting for the square, which change color gra­du­ally, in res­ponse to the foun­tains.

The steps of the square have been inscri­bed with the names of the dif­fe­rent springs: Mar­gu­e­rite, Ger­maine, Yvonne, Louise…

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