Paris Alleyway Transformed Into Colorful Basketball Court (PHOTOS)

Ranging from the neo-baroque style of the Palais Garnier or neoclassic architecture of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris boasts both artistic creativity and modernization. Midst these historical buildings, largely absent of color, now exists a modern work of art.

French fashion brand Pigalle recently collaborated with Ill Studio and Nike to create a colorful basketball court. Sandwiched in between two apartment buildings in Paris’ ninth arrondissement, the court’s vibrant shades of purple, pink, yellow and blue starkly contrast the older surrounding buildings.

This isn’t the first time Nike has put a creative twist to a basketball court. In 2014, the sports brand transformed a basketball court in Shanghai with reactive motion-tracking LED technology as part of their Nike RISE campaign. Two years later, Nike hired Brooklyn-based artist Kaws to paint bold motifs across two New York City basketball courts.

“Since the legacy of Greek and Roman antiquity, sport is represented as a dominant idea within the beauty of an era,” said Ill Studio. “This never-ending quest for modernity has forged a strong bond between functionality and aesthetics over the decades.”