E18 sites - Fumel (FR)

Fumel (FR)

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Location Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Scale XL/L
Site Family Re-sourcing from natural elements / Dealing with Water

Commission after competition Urban design management, architectural design management.

Inhabited milieu's challenges A key site of French steel production, this vast industrial complex, established in 1847, reached its peak in the 1970s when it employed over 3,000 workers daily. The following decades marked the beginning of difficulties for the factory, with restructurings and waves of layoffs before its final closure in 2018. The former factory has shaped the history of Fumel in all aspects. Its foundries animated the territory, altered the landscape, brought together communities of workers, and generated a local economy.