Following the stream
Gaëlle CUISY (FR)
Karine MARTIN (FR)
architects
Anthony BROOK (FR)
economist
Europan 8 Chalon-sur-Saône
runner-up
The project is based on a system of irrigation ways following two directions.
The first is a natural link between the historical town centre and the quayside walk by means of a play of moving grounds to awaken the sleeping port. The second direction is given by lifting the ground of the port and transforming it into buildings. The choice of implanting construction from the river towards the lake is implemented on the principle of flexible fanned-out weaving, so offering multiple perspectives, with green and mineral public spaces finely differentiated in their scales and functions. With this oriented cutting-out of the ground is incorporated a cross-sectional division of built strips, in which each urban segment hosts a variety of housing typologies and activities. As a protection from the industrial plots still in action, the boundaries of the operational perimeter are designed as fringes of vegetation.
Site informations
Chalon-sur-Saône
Synthetic site file EN
This project is connected to the following themes
Housing - Community
A system of mews running perpendicular to the river structures the master plan. Inside, the resulting strips accommodate a variety of housing typologies and activities as well as additional public spaces.
Shared spaces - Link - promenade
To reconnect the district to the city centre, the project develops a promenade along the river in a spatial and programmatic sequence.
Nature - Hybridity / Juxtaposition
The district is composed of built bands alternating with landscaped bands that link the promenade on the river's quay and the industrial area