E13 Sites - La Corrèze (FR)

La Corrèze (FR), E13

Site Location Ussel / Argentat / Turenne
Category Urban - architectural
Site Family How to create positive dynamics from a difficult situation?

Commision after competition Département scale workshops, consultancy roles, preoperational urban studies, design and project management with partners

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The continuous polarization into big cities, where investment and innovation are concentrated, raises questions about the future of rural spaces situated outside areas of metropolitan influence. It masks the difficulties of huge areas made up of shrinking communities, villages and towns in rural sectors. How can we reintroduce the question of the future of the countryside into the debates on urban transformations and changing ways of life? How can these territories adapt and resist the effects of demographic shrinkage, population ageing and economic decline? Apart from raising the question of adaptation, the three sites in Corrèze more broadly call for a contemporary conception of rurality, in terms of habitat and lifestyles, activities and services, project production and alternative modes of development.