Residential substitution strategy
Fabien Mazenc (FR)
architect
Etienne Besson (FR)
Hugues Joineau (FR)
David Malaguti (FR)
Ali Serraj (MA)
architecture students
Europan 8 Plzen
runner-up
This proposal chose to develop a strategy to create new urban territories, from existing buildings to a modern housing area. The strategy is based on 3 main assets: Redbuzka river becomes the epicentre of the town’s development, extending the urban fabric and progressively replacing existing buildings by a new housing area providing temporary uses (markets, sports facilities, cinemas...). Slowly, the area is taking on a new appearance. This strategy will assure the slow substitution of old urban fabric by a new residential area. It is mainly dedicated to housing but also all necessary amenities: proximity shopping, parking, recreation facilities, parks... and can also be extended to the surrounding areas.
Site informations
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This project is connected to the following themes
Mobility - Social Fields
The project proposes a housing area with a certain density on the site, leaving the waterfront open for a large urban park programmed with smaller services and public amenities.
Housing - Typology
Beneath more conventional slabs, the project proposes elevated tree houses, clustering different apartments around a central core containing the elevator and stairway, enveloped by a soft wooden skin.
Shared spaces - Programmatic patchwork
The project proposes to reprogramme the site with an inhabited park. This public space is conceived as a programmatic patchwork that will increase the intensity of urban life.