E18 sites - Mantes-la-Jolie (FR)

Mantes-la-Jolie (FR)

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Location Mantes-la-Jolie, Île-de-France
Scale XL/L
Site Family Re-sourcing from natural elements / Dealing with Water

Commission after competition Following on-site meetings between the winning teams, the City and its partners, the following types of assignment are envisaged:
- architectural feasibility studies with a view to prefiguration and experimentation;
- urban studies in collaboration with the City and its partners, guide plan and/or urban and landscape project management;
- urban, landscape and architectural design and project management.

Inhabited milieu's challenges Located on the left bank of a Seine’s meander, Mantes-la-Jolie has always had a relationship with the river: a trading port in the Middle Ages, a holiday resort for several kings of France, an industrial town accessible by rail since the mid-19th century, but also a witness to the development of river transport and its impact on the natural environment.
Today, the city is part of the Greater Paris metropolitan area, of which the Seine forms the backbone. Situated at 50 km from the capital, it is the hub of the Seine axis, linking the Parisian basin to Normandy and its river and sea ports.