Manufacture de terroirs AUTHOR(S) — Morvan Rabin (FR), Geographer;
GUEBWILLER (FR) — SPECIAL MENTION
CONTACT — morvan.rabin@gmail.com
Sylvie Florette (FR), Architect-urbanist
TEAM POINT OF VIEW — Three quotations outline the project.
First, “It takes the whole region to make the city” (Patrick Geddes), which we reinterpret “it takes all the productions of a region to make a productive city”. Between the plain of Alsace and the Vosges Mountains, at the crossroads of the Florival and the wines route, Guebwiller can mobilize its “terroirs” to transform its brownfields. Then, “Do not destroy anything until you are sure of proposing better” (Roland Simounet) means a minimal intervention on the existing buildings that constitute a remarkable architectural heritage, a place of industrial and working memory, a “space capable” of hosting many programs and an embodied energy stock. Finally, “Produce no waste” and “Catch and store energy”, two of the principles enunciated by David Holmgren (co-founder of Permaculture) which summarize our approach to the development and functioning of this part of town.
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