PORT-JÉRÔME-SUR-SEINE (FR) PROJECT SCALE — XL/S – territory / architecture + context
SITE PROPOSED BY — City of Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine
LOCATION — Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine – Notre Dame
OWNER OF THE SITE — City of Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine (90%),
de Gravenchon
department, private owners
POPULATION — 10,000 inhab.
POST-COMPETITION PHASE — Urban development guidelines,
STRATEGIC SITE — 73 ha / PROJECT SITE — 7.5 ha
conceptual diagram, specific architectural elements
City of Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine — 1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?
The stated objectives of the city of Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine are: — Reconciling inhabitants with industry, and making them proud of their city; — Changing the image of the city, inviting the inhabitants to immerse themselves and live in this territory; — And making the entrance to the city a signal, a standard for the quality of the living environment, a display of excellence, a showcase of a good living. These objectives must answer two questions: — How to build the city in a global and transformable concept? — How to harmoniously integrate all these multifunctionalities, this diversity, and these mutations? 2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?
Our city needs creativity, daring and innovation. We are looking 94
for urban concepts offering new ways of life and allowing the construction of the city of tomorrow, with the hope that the inhabitants can flourish, learn, work, exchange, produce in the same place without sectorization. The theme of productivity must be approached from the angle of energy transition, in particular through virtuous housing and the creation of an H2V campus. The functionality of the plant and the landscape must also contribute to the fertile and productive city. 3. HAVE YOU ALREADY DEFINED A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THE URBAN AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AFTER EUROPAN COMPETITION?
There is no specific process defined; the urban development project remains open, and we expect from the winner, as well as from the two teams selected in the final phase, the emergence of a more operational project that echoes the concerns and challenges of the territory.
