Rouen (FR) winner
Nicolas Cèbe (FR)
Louise Naudin & Jérôme Stablon,
Louise Naudin (FR)
236 rue de Tolbiac
architects
75013 Paris, France
Juliette Lafille (FR)
T. +33 609462409
geographer - urban planner
nicolascebe@hotmail.fr
Jérôme Stablon (FR) architect - urban planner Thomas Bernard (FR) graphic designer
302 Que m’Anquetil ? Team point of view In Rouen, the question of the future of the Saint-Sever site, without waiting for the station, meets that of the adaptable city. Pioneering uses foster appropriation of spaces over time, their initially temporary nature not precluding the possibility of long-term development. Flexibility and multiple possibilities enhance the credibility of an urban project, which is not a rigid design but a process. The existing city’s ability to evolve is acknowledged, even its apparently most fixed and inflexible features. Hostile though it is, the quai Anquetil road infrastructure is thus inhabited, nibbled, diverted from its previous use and, finally, adapted to new needs, forming a new viewing point over the landscape. Jury point of view The project tackles both the wider scale of the city and the scale of the study site: all the important elements of the site are addressed. The river becomes a central element again, linking all the interventions. The jury considered the project very relevant to the session’s theme of adaptability. It establishes a simple strategy which defines a flexible process for occupation of the site. By putting in place a “capable structure” as a potential ground for all possibilities, the project builds a strong urban vision that gives the place a genuine sense of identity.
