The “Plage des Trois Bassins” project focuses on the redevelopment of a forgotten beach in the neighbourhood “Le Petit Maroc”.
While most typical beaches are long-stretched landscapes overlooking the ocean, this beach is rather narrow, situated inside the estuary of the Loire river and provides views to the other side of the estuary. The historical pier protects the beach from the forces of nature and provides a calm and cosy feeling.
In order to fully extract the possibilities of this beach a new typology is needed.
Our projects attempts to develop such a new typology by introducing a terraced structure made with prefabricated retaining walls. These terraces provide a framework for the rest of the intervention which consists of in-situ cast concrete walls on top of the retaining walls. Cast using timber formwork, these walls have an interesting texture which promotes the deposition of algae in order to accentuate the relationship with the water and the sea.
