FLOIRAC (FR) PROJECT SCALE — L – urban + architecture
SITE PROPOSED BY — Bordeaux Métropole
LOCATION — Floirac, Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux Euratlantic
(greater metropolitan Bordeaux), EPA Bordeaux Euratlantique
(OIN) urban planning operation of national interest / Floirac
(public development agency), City of Floirac,
Garonne Plain southern sector
Caisse des Dépôts, GPV Rive Droite
POPULATION — Floirac 17,000 inhab.
OWNER OF THE SITE — RTE (electricity distribution hub), EDF
STRATEGIC SITE — 200 ha
(Electricité de France), private owners
PROJECT SITE — 32 ha
POST-COMPETITION PHASE — Conceptual studies, urban
planning and landscape management, project management
Maxime Derrien — Architect, urbanist, Grand Projet de Ville (GPV) Rive Droite 1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?
The site is at the interface of the Rocade, the Parc des Coteaux and the Garonne. Yet, it is also historically isolated from the urban centre and constitutes an enclave away from the axes of urban development. However, it is rich in natural, human and economic resources, forming a productive ecosystem with high potential. It raises the question of its mutation in the light of the delivery of the Simone Veil bridge, which opens a common space to both banks and constitutes the opportunity to re-incorporate the site in the metropolitan territorial project along the Garonne.
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2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?
The plain on the right bank is rapidly changing with almost 13,000 housing units planned by 2030. Many challenges, notably economic, remain for current and future populations with a low level of qualification and a high unemployment rate. The objective is therefore to sanctify the economic vocation of Plaine Sud Garonne made up of craftsmen who transform materials, very small businesses that design ecological innovations, and energy players, like RTE or Airliquide; and to work on current economic land by proposing innovative solutions to intensify the productive city of the 21st century. 3. HAVE YOU ALREADY DEFINED A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THE URBAN AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AFTER EUROPAN COMPETITION?
Institutional actors converge on the launch of a guide plan mission to define the public action strategy. The winning team in particular proposed a project to develop the banks of the Garonne which requires adapting the studies in progress.
