Entwined horizons / Horizons liés

Clermont-Ferrand (FR) - Winner

TEAM DATA

Associates: Simon Letondu (FR), Sylvain Jouve (FR) – architects, Sophie Tillier (FR) – landscape architect

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INTERVIEW
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1. How do you define the main issues of your project in relation with the theme “Re-sourcing”? Re-sourcing thanks to nature, to social dynamics, to new materiality? In which way do you think your project can contribute to an ecological and/or social evolution? And in which way do you think your project can be called a “regenerative project”?
Horizons liés responds to the adaptation challenges by offering the residents tools for pooling, empowerment and welcoming at the scale of home, blocks of buildings and urban integration. Regeneration of biodiversity through soils, sustainable mobility development, local low-carbon materials and integration of bioclimatic devices strengthen social integration of an ecological regenerative project.

2. How did the issues of your design and the questions raised by the site mutation meet?
The neighborhood has recently acquired a well-connected location, bordering brownfield sites currently undergoing redevelopment. Horizons Liés strengthens north–south connections to sustainable mobility networks, while enhancing urban connectivity and creating new east–west through-paths. Diversifying uses and welcoming new residents reinforce the neighborhood’s integration into the wider metropolitan area.

PROJECT:

A consolidated north-south axis connects the public transport lines

A sports park revitalizes green space and opens up the neighborhood to the south.

3. Have you treated these issues previously? What were the reference projects that inspired yours?
We have already treated similar issues working on different competitions :
– Europan 16 Aulnat-Clermont-Ferrand, with Florent Vidaling & Camille Le Bivic
– ïlot de la Treille idea's comptetition, with LAO SCOP
– differentiated management plan for a retirement home's garden
– Georges Maillols architecte, a monograph by Simon Letondu co-editor in chief, Presses Universitaires de Rennes

We have been inspired by :
– Porte de Vanves square refurbishment, Paris, with MGAU & JBMN
– Cité du Grand Parc, Bordeaux, Lacaton + Vassal
– Tours de Maurepas, Rennes, Robain Guieysse architectes
– Projet urbain Le Blosne, Rennes

SITE:

rue de la Fontaine du bac, © Sylvain Jouve

Daniel Papillaud sports park, © Sylvain Jouve

4. How can your project be implemented together with the actors through a negotiated process and in time. How did you consider this issue in your project?
The project is a co-constructed, progressive process developed with residents, structured at three scales: dwellings, neighborhood units, and a north–south connecting axis. It seeks to empower residents and foster social interaction. Flexible governance involves residents, Assemblia, associations, and public stakeholders, enabling phased, realistic implementation.

REFERENCES:

Re-sourcing the soils with the residents – Bivouac paysagistes – Le Cloître Saint-Thégonnec

Re-sourcing by valuing what already exists – RCR - Tossols-Basil athletics track equipment, Olot

Re-sourcing the housing by addition - Tour Bois-le-Prêtre, Paris & Résidence du Grand Parc, Bordeaux – Druot, Lacaton & Vassal, Hutin

5. How did you form the team for the competition and if so what are the skills you associated?
We formed this team because we already knew each other and wanted to have our first project experience together. We felt a connection to the site, which is in the city where we live, through both our experiences as resident or professionals. The associated skills in the team are :
– architecture,
– landscape architecture,
– photography,
– a former inhabitant experience

6. How could this prize help you in your professional career?
The prize will likely help us strengthen our relationship with Assemblia, an important project owner in the area. We anticipate either a long-term, low-intensity mission as urban planners or a more focused, full project management assignment.

TEAM IDENTITY
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Average age of the associates: 37 years old

Has your team, together or separately, already conceived or implemented some projects and/or won any competition? if so, which ones?
Europan 18 « Entwined horizons » is our first project as a team. We all have already implemented projects separately
–   Simon Letondu:
City planning:
o Ideas competition “Îlot de la Treille” in Lempdes – with LAO SCOP – Winner
o Europan 16 Aulnat Clermont-Ferrand “Une autre piste” – with Florent Vidaling and Camille Le Bivic – Shortlisted
o Europan 14 Moulins “En scène” - Shortlisted o competition for the refurbishment of two abandonned houses into apartments, guest rooms, a public multipurpose room and a multi-service grocery sotre and the layout of the place de la Marianne public square in Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs – with A3 landscape architect
Architecture:
o Complete project management mission for public facilities : Saint-Germain-Lembron school refurbishment and extension, Chanat-la-Mouteyre nursery
o Feasibility studies: Vertaizon health center, Joze school and city hall, Vichel multipurpose room and city hall, different social housing studies in Clermont-Ferrand, Chamalières and Ceyrat.
o complete project management missions for individuals in Normandy and Paris
–   Sylvain Jouve:
o complete project management mission for a nursery o complete project management mission for a family home and apartments in Clermont-Ferrand
–   Sophie Tillier:
o landscape design for Châtel Guyon thermal park
o differentiated management plan for a retirement home in Labruguière
o landscape desgin for individuals gardens

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