It has been a year since the Swiss art patron Maja Hoffmann opened the doors of Luma Arles on a vast former industrial site in the south of France. As she states in this season’s programme notes, ...

It is fitting, then, that the latest edition of Elevation 1049, the art festival produced by ... in a workshop he has put together at Luma’s outpost in Arles in the south of France.

Bureau Bas Smets designed Luma Arles, Parc des Ateliers in Arles, France. This project transforms the harsh semi-desert climate of an industrial wasteland into an enjoyable Mediterranean climate.