Darwin Eco-système
Reclaimed military barracks turned skatepark, urban farm and ever-changing street art gallery.
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This guide to Darwin Eco-systeme in Bordeaux starts with the concrete under your feet, a skatepark ramp built from the rubble of the French army's Niel barracks, abandoned in two thousand five and then claimed by squatters, scavengers and graffiti writers before anyone official stepped in. It follows the businessman Philippe Barre, who bought the ten-thousand-square-meter ruin in two thousand nine and chose to rebuild rather than demolish. Look up at the murals around you, since Darwin's walls get repainted again and again, layer over layer, almost like a rite.
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