urbanmakers

the mixed and sustained reclamation of a city centre wasteland
The development of a derelict industrial site is always a key issue in the urban strategy of a city. These sites are by definition huge, mostly located in built-up areas.
Popular for its pleasant living environment which combines the advantages of the city and the countryside, the urban development project for the “France-Boissons” wasteland questions not only the identity of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, but also what the harmonious, mixed and sustainable development of a new district in its own right means.
On this site, which is destined to change towards an unprecedented densification – and which invites us to regain lost biodiversity – our proposal plays with meaning and delicacy with regard to the influences that shape the place. This involves installing links, respecting the neighbourhood with resonant templates, proposing an urban signal, but also protecting against the noise of transport infrastructures that line this vast territory in strips over half a kilometre.
Through the obvious scales, functionalities and morphologies, this major urban project marks the beginning of a particularly contextual history, which must also be improved through a process of consultation.
From the most urban to the most domestic, the project notably provides for a tertiary showcase in contact with the station. Its central part is deployed in a large residential sequence, while its opposite end is clearly suburban.
In a certain mimicry of the existing fabric, the new district is fragmented and permeable. It offers varied roofs and consequently a reading of changing gables, leaving a large part to vegetation. The buildings do not, however, give up offering contemporary architecture: they draw their elegance from sobriety and massively use wood.

program urban development of an industrial wasteland client Quartus area 2.5 Ha cost 18.6M€ HT work full service phase competition label RE 2020 E2/C1