RDV Jardins – Paris Relief Map Museum

The Relief Map Museum inside the Invalides hosts a series of workshops and technical encounters on the theme of ‘Landscapes in Scale’. Reflecting the historical soul of this museum preserves the 17th-century models used to plan the regional defenses and royal architectures of the Île-de-France territory. The event highlights the regional identity of Paris as the historic center for architectural precision and monumental urban and military planning. Visitors can participate in family-friendly games and observe how historic gardens were meticulously represented in technical models for the French kings. This initiative has a positive social impact by reconnecting the public with the physical history of their territory’s fortification and landscape design. For architectural researchers it deliver a rare chance to study the original representations of regional châteaux gardens that have since disappeared. The program ensures the legacy of scale-model craftsmanship remains an accessible part of the national heritage for future urbanists.