paris (FR) runner-up
Annelise Bideaud (FR)
MWAB Architectes Urbanistes,
architect - urban planner
115 rue Manin
Matthieu Wotling (FR)
75 019 Paris, France
architect
T +33 661924081 contact@mwab.eu www.mwab.eu
376 Green belt dilatation Team point of view Through a park and a dense cluster, the Green belt Dilatation project explores the place of nature in the city at a time of sharp change. The reactivated Green belt and “petite ceinture” (inner suburbs) are waymarks in a green network across Grand Paris, between the focal points of Gare du Nord and the future Pleyel Station. The “fertile cluster” answers new challenges on density and durability. A layer of interconnected courtyards and gardens opens views up to the rooftops of Paris while projections emerge at the level of the surrounding towers. Autonomous in its programmatic mix and designed to accommodate rapid change, this typology could be extended to the green belt to reinforce its founding principle: 50% green, 50% dense. Jury point of view The project proposes the creation of a large green space connected with the inner ring suburbs (named low line in reference to New York’s high line) south of boulevard Ney, in an expansive vision of green spaces on the edges of Paris. An approach that connects different scales and time horizons. The jury liked the project’s territorial approach as applied to footpaths and cycle tracks. It also appreciated the return to the greenbelt theme, which provides breathing space in the city and makes the neighbourhood part of a network.
