Artist Raphaël Zarka has collaborated with local architect Jean-Benoît Vétillard to create a horseshoe-shaped skatepark defined by bold colours in Paris.
Commissioned by art museum Centre Pompidou and supported by sportswear brand Nike, the Cycloid Piazza skatepark is located in Centre Pompidou's square and functions as a public sculpture for both skateboarders and general visitors.
A colourful skatepark has been added in front of the Centre Pompidou
Built from painted birch plywood, the sculpture by Zarka and Vétillard provides 400 square metres of skateable space largely made up of a semi-circular bowl and a 3.5-metre-tall ramp.
Three types of curves were used for the structure, each highlighted through the use of colour ? with shades of green, blue and yellow corresponding to the cycloid, ellipse and arc curves, respectively. Bold colours correspond to the different types of curves
A sloping ramp on one side of the sculpture serves as an entrance point into the skatepark.
Wrapping around the sculpture's exterior edge is a "convex theatre" made up of four steps, complemented by a series of white-painted passageways that provide circulation around the space.

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Also included in the layout is a one-metre-high bump or "wave" nestled between the ramp and bowl.
Additional details include black steel barriers used t...