Le Parc des Falaises

Team point of view

How can Marly improve its urban quality while capitalizing on its natural surroundings? A linear public space structures the development, catalysing a mix of activities. Anchored in the cantonal road it blends into the existing open space network. It works also as a multi-layered green infrastructure for rainwater retention, ecological flows or urban agriculture. It is framed by a series of towers defining Marly’s entrance silhouette and by a ‘garden-city’ strip of parallel blocks and row-houses. This section (towers-park-rows) is the DNA of the development, permitting various gradual/adaptive implementation scenarios leading to a new more coherent neighbourhood structure. The Saint-Sacrement area is consolidated through the addition of sports amenities, a multipurpose hall and student housing.