Millions of people flow to Paris every year to experience its rich culture: the Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum, the De Triumphi. Last summer, Paris hosted the Summer Olympics 2024. Last month, the city welcomed the Victor Wembanyama and its colleagues at San Antonio Spurs, where they played two games in the American Professional League against Indiana Bespers in Acco Arena.
Paris has always been a place to see good basketball. In the red light area, to the north of the city, a court has become the revelation. It is one of the creativity, one of the plots.
And one of the colors. A lot of colors.
In a Ramadi neighborhood between the ninth and eighteenth doctors (as it is known in the various Paris regions), a short distance from Molin Roj, Pigalle Duperré is not only a place to play basketball in the open air but also a center of society, and the sense of social media – artwork . It is an area of 600 square meters that was once a position, and it is a spot that has become the tourist attractions in Paris.
Under the auspices of Parisi Stephen Ashboul, in cooperation with the creative brands Pigalle and Ill-STudio, Pigalle Duperré is located between a secondary school and a residential building. Its patterns of the court, which were built with rubber panels from recycled interior for old shoes to withstand all weather conditions, changed the colors and appearances regularly over the years. It has become necessary for visitors, regardless of whether they are interested in basketball. Ashbul said it has been a viral theme for discussion since 2015.
How is viral? Pigalle Duperré has a 4.5 -star rating from more than 550 reviews on Google Maps. One of the auditors described it as “an excellent example of urban renewal and good use of urban spaces.” Another called “The most vibrant and colorful basketball field is probably on the ground.”
“We know that it is a place now in many tourist books,” I told Ashbul, 42, Athlete. “People come from all over the world daily.”
Since its opening in 2009, Pigalle Duperré has obtained five repetitions of her court, all designed by Ashpool. The conspiracy, which is now presenting his artwork, was home to a building that was removed in the early first decade of the twentieth century. The vacant space has been converted into a parking lot for the neighboring school.
Ashbul said: “At that time, the mayor asked why there was a problem in the neighborhood, and the youth told him that there are no places that young people can play.”
Ashbul said that the creation of the stadium in the open air came with challenges. It should have been solid to serve the community throughout the year. Its size was just a narrow strip, and the ground is not completely equal.
The technical aspects include checking paints on the walls and the floor are the same tone. It takes nearly six months to create a design with up to 20 people working on different elements, from design and production to floors. Changing the court is not a simple task, even after obtaining NIKE’s financial support, which helped fund new designs.
The result was the conclusion of approval all over the world. Even actor Adam Sandler, who starred in the movie “Hustle” for the year 2022 Played in small basketball games In court.
Ashbul said: “I never knew that it would be like this.” “We have the largest number of people to play like taking pictures. When we work on designs, we know that the vision will be high, so we are really working on our craft.”
Pigalle Duperré has passed five design changes since its opening in 2009. It is characterized by purple, blue and yellow colors, this view was in place from 2020 until last year. (With the permission of Maxime Verret)
Pigalle Duperré’s city officials-from the local Hoopers to the aesthetic chase TikToKers- every day until 8 pm with a store that sells the Pigalle brand and nearby basketball products, is not Ashpool away from its establishment. The court has a unique contribution to the basketball culture in France, although there is no history of other courts in the city. Ymca Paris, built in 1893, includes the oldest alive basketball field in the world. The Bir-Hakeim Court, which had a background for Eiffel, was a major place for some of the finest France.
It is the design of Pigalle Duperré that really raises attention. Amazing gradient floors can turn from color to color, symbol to the symbol, and decoration.
Ashbul said: “Many of the American Professional League players, from Liberon (James) to a Kuwaiti dinar (Kevin Durant), and rapper like Central Cee and Squepta went there to check this.”
French League player, French professionals, Rudi Jobert, knows everything about Pigalle Duperré. (Benjamin Kreel / AFP via Getty Images)
Ashpool admitted that there are attempts to imitate others.
“Since 2015, when we went virus and we became a trend, everyone has been trying to draw their stadium, which is great,” Ashboul said. “It is good to have a colored court instead of a gray court, and if you want to build a society around it, you need to make sure that the court is in good health. If you only draw the land, when it rains, the floor is slippery. I just want to be present To try to help people build a special court and society as we have.
“Caring for people and basketball has been part of my life since the first day and will be forever.”
On a wet day, on the middle of the winter, with the second two games of the American Professional League between Spears and Pespers, Makemi Delice participated in his usual routine on the weekend: shooting on Pigalle Duperré. Despite the weather, Delci said the court is still playing, something that Ashpool is proud of.
“It is great for society,” said Delsey, who lives 10 minutes. “Children come and play, and it is good to have something near.”
Maxime Delci is one of the many locals in Paris who shoot Pigalle Duperré. (Eduardo Tansley / Athlete))
In addition to being a place for pick -up games, Pigalle Duperré has become an area where you find modern companies – clubs and new restaurants – construction sites. Delice said that the result of this improvement is an increase in housing prices, as the region becomes more popular for young professionals. during AthleteAfter a time there, visitors from South Korea stopped by Pigalle Duperré after listening to the court through Naver Cafe, a similar website for Reddit.
Among the many visitors are Jessica Manohar and Antoine Legar Rowan. The two came to Pigalle Duperré to take pictures and try some shots. Rawan is from France, but Manoar is from New York. It is also the Brooklyn Nets fan. Both were fascinated by captivating visuals.
“There are a lot of courts in the United States, but I don’t think it will make it an Instagram friend like this,” said Manoar.
Pigalle Duperré’s The Instagram page contains approximately 26,000 followers. In response to Instagram, the new design detection in October, described by Victor Cruz SUPER BORWL XLVI with a single word: “legendary”.
Ashbul once played at the Youth Academy in the unique Paris basket race (now Metropolitan 92). He is now training young players at home. It was associated with sports for more than three decades in some capabilities, and through design, I took it all over the world.
Courts in Mexico City and Beijing were designed. Like Pigalle Duperré, these courts are compatible with global attractiveness with a unique color.
Stéphane Ashpool also designed arbitrators in Beijing (with the permission of AUCUNE Idee)
The design was always in Ashpool. He produced the Paris Olympics and Paris Olympics for 2024. The same will do the winter Olympics for the next year in Italy.
Ashbul said: “I have entered the sport in the past ten years in my industry.” “You can see in (fashion) shows, and all the adult designers have sports shoes. For basketball, players love to wear clothes. In the United States, when (athletes) comes to games, they will be captured with their seizures. Fashion and sports are closely related, But basketball seems to me, it is link No. 1.
Ashpool, Center, is the coach of the French athletes design in the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. (Anne-Christine poujoulat / AFP via Getty Images)
Helps basketball flourish in France. Wimabania, a western suburb in Paris, was rising in the American Professional League for the year 2024. The national teams of men and women won silver medals at the Paris Olympics last year. In addition, the Paris Quai 54 hosted, The world’s largest championship in the world.
It is the Pigalle Duperré community that will always come first.
He said: “Everything is gray, roofs of homes and the street, then in the center of the neighborhood, you have this color.” “We are trying to bring good vibrations. Most of the children who grew up here are now in their twenties. I knew (they) because they were from 6 to 8 when the court opened for the first time. I changed my life and the life of some locals.
“When you grow up while you are a teenager, you can be affected by seeing what others do. But when you fall in love with sport, it is healthy addiction, and no one participates in bad habits.”
(The upper photo of the MAXIME Verret)
