If you haven’t read it already, check out the paper by geographer Matthew Gandy about Gilles Clément’s project in Lille. The paper, Entropy by Design, explores the Parc Henri Matisse in Lille by Clément – the renowned French designer, landscape architect, ecologist and philosopher.

Once you have read the paper, and if you happen to be in New York in October, Gilles Clément presents ‘The Planetary Garden: Paris and Beyond’ as part of the New York Botanical Garden’s 2013 Landscape Design lecture series, ‘Urban Transformations’.

When? Tue Oct 22, 6:30-7:30pm. Where: New York Botanic Garden Midtown Education Center, 20 West 44th Street (bet 5th & 6th Ave), New York City. For tickets (limited) and info check here or call 800.322.NYBG (6924).