The Great Park - The Jordanne River Enters the City

Team Point of View

Our project considers the site as a mediator between the historical city centre and the countryside open lands: the Great Park is a landscape equipment, an extensive public space with multiple uses, including car parks, energy production and activities. Its 1.5km promenade brings large-scale perspectives in Aurillac's heart.
The project relies on the landscape structure drawn by the Jordanne River and the Visitation district, the Engie buildings and the infrastructure inherited from the all-car system: broad, levelled and easily transformable. The aim is to turn mono-functionality into hybridity, by creating spaces that are flexible, generous, mixed, and that generate frictions and encounters. Then the Great Park acts as an interface between productive activities as well as a place for emerging productions.

Jury Point of View

A balanced proposal with an appropriate position on both the site and the larger landscape in relation to the size and configuration of the city. The site proposals are on the theme of productive cities and deal with different forms of production (agricultural, energy, economic and social).