Découvre-moi une rivière

Team Point of View

“Découvre-moi une rivière“ proposes an ecological renovation of the Aygalades stream in Marseille, aiming to restore the balance of its ecosystem and promote sustainable cohabitation among water, surrounding habitats, and local communities. The project seeks to integrate and align with the positive initiatives and dynamics of Marseille's current transformation. It revolves around a shared narrative, harmonized by the Aygalades watershed. Three main principles structure the project:

• The meaning of water: renaturing the stream
• Caring for the common good: Taking care of the living
• The essence of places: Multiplying the potential of existing elements

These three principles constitute a spectrum of actions that shape the ecocentric approach of the project, ultimately summarized as the establishment of a vast system of diverse parks, with the Caravelle stream as its backbone.

Jury Point of View

By treating the Aygalades stream as a living entity, the team conducts a careful mapping of the entire watershed. This geographical scale reflection constructs a cultural and community story around the water system and the coexistence between humans and nature. The jury saluted the scope of this theoretical, sourced and documented proposal, as well as the ecological dimension of a project that at different scales links the fundamental themes of soil, water and time. The reference to the legal status of nature and the idea of bio-cultural rights to support the ecological sovereignty of living environments responds well to the theme of the session.