E16 Sites - Bassens / Bordeaux Métropole (FR)

"The River, Connector and Enhancer of Ecosystems"

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Location Bassens (33)
Scale S+XL
Site Family Care - Dealing with New Uses
Commission after competition Urban, architectural and landscape studies

How Must Metabolism and Inclusivity Be Developed and Connected?
The project site area, between the limestone plateau and the alluvial plain raises questions about the role of the river in creating a new territorial intelligence and new links between environments. The challenges of programmation of use and mobility must be defined, in terms of revitalization and interface, in order to enhance and connect ecosystems evolving in parallel on the site. A work on the theme of the living city, as a composite city, should therefore make it possible to initiate the setting in spaces and temporalities of new economic, ecological and energy challenges, in a human and sensitive strategic approach. […] What might be the motors for a participative diversity and decisive redynamisation for our study site, and how can they be made to work together, taking into account the logistic and economic constraints of the industrial–dockland zone?