The Olympic and Paralympic Village - Paris 2024
Dominique Perrault Architecture (DPA), France, 2019
The future of the Olympic Village needs to be considered on two scales: that of the neighborhood and its immediate context, and that of the metropolis as a whole. The project aims to improve interactions with its immediate environment and the metropolis by relying as much as possible on what already exists. The preliminary design of the public spaces was based on the following guiding principles:
- The central location of the district in the Greater Paris territory
- Its relation to the Seine
- The challenges of integrating into the existing urban and social fabric
- The ambition to think of it as a laboratory of sustainable innovations (challenges of environmental excellence, preservation and development of biodiversity, universal accessibility, among others).
In addition to these questions, a number of other issues were also addressed: the question of landmarks and the identity of public spaces during the Games, but also and above all afterwards; the question of developing a high-quality geographical and geological heritage; the question of links with the surrounding area, in particular the desire to set up a sports loop linking the village to the other Olympic venues and adjacent districts.
Le Mans 24 Hour Race Park
Dominique
Perrault Architecture (DPA), France, 2019
At a time of ecological collapse and global warming, how can we reconcile an emblematic park, a large pedestrian sports loop, the occasional hosting of nearly 250,000 visitors, with environmentally-friendly commitments to sustainability? We have taken up the challenge of transforming this site into a sustainable and accessible destination to all and all year round.
An ambitious project that would open up the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. An urban park that would link the circuit to the surrounding sports facilities through a large sports loop. A project turned towards the future, which will accompany and enhance the profound ecological mutation of motor sport on this site. Soft mobility and pedestrian areas for visitors will support the emergence of electricity and hydrogen as clean fuels for motor racing. Renewable energies and sustainable water management will complete the transition of the circuit, and more broadly of the territory, to ensure an urban ecosystem that respects its environment, and which relies on innovation to make the shift necessary for its sustainability.
ZIP - Zone for Inclusive Progress
UIA2020RIO Competition, Project Highlighted, Brasil, 2020
The famous thoroughfare expressway Avenida Brasil, divides the city of Rio de Janeiro on more than 55 km. The launch of the BRT Transbrasil, will reconnect West suburbs and the city center, but leaves unaddressed the connection of neighborhoods on its route such as the Maré.
Maré is less a deprived area than one of unexploited potential. Using the dynamics of new transport infrastructures to their full extent will revive the neighborhood and enhance social cohesion, develop local economies, and create a new urban identity in Rio.
Fostering smart and universal mobility
ZIP will bring together the different means of transport to provide an easier access to all users and develop interconnectivity.
Improving the quality of urban spaces
ZIP will revitalize 5 sites across the Avenida, selected for their strong industrial identity.
The Maré is a major hub, known for its retail trade, active communities and vibrant cultural life.
Creating resilient infrastructures for all . Rehabilitating buildings and making them available to the inhabitants of the Maré will increase their participation in community life and local decision-making.
ZIP will bridge the two sides of the Maré and reshape the neighborhood in the long run. Building on the strong identity and assets of the Maré, the project will enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization. It is a promising practice for the cities of tomorrow, demonstrating that a city can address poverty and inequality, while committing to climate action and sustainable communities, in direct support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Großhadern Campus
Architects Collective, Vienna, Austria, 2020
New buildings enmeshed in urban fabric
On the Großhadern campus of the Munich University Hospital, five new interdisciplinary medical centers will be built in phases over the next 30 years. The first phase includes the new cardiopulmonary, vascular, oncology and diagnostics center. The concept of the master plan is a hybrid of linear and campus-type agglomeration. The buildings step back from the axis of a main thoroughfare, creating a two-storey marketplace with a spacious and landscaped inner courtyard. From this light-flooded central plaza all parts of the whole are easily accessed. On the first floor, where the transfer of patients to and from operating theaters takes place, the structures are connected by a network of walkways and bridges. Lobbies are situated along the south side and at the ends of the agglomeration and lead to sloping thoroughfares that cross the buildings along an east-west axis. A ramp connects the green forecourt to a planted roof atop the main concourse. This flowing transition into the surrounding area reinforces the green language of the clinic.
Green space and rooms with a view
The buildings sit as free-flowing forms undulating across their landscaped surroundings. The roof garden atop the main concourse serves as a unifying element that brings a soothing quality to the users. The roofs above the second floor serve as garden terraces, therapy gardens and recreation areas. Most bedrooms are arranged along the outer facade and enjoy a view of the surrounding parkland, or of the roof garden, aiding towards recovery. Service spaces are arranged around inner courtyards that provide light and ventilation and shorten access to and from served spaces. The courtyards are landscaped to maximize well-being and are a recurrent theme throughout the building. Indeed, the project makes extensive use of green space: in the patients’ existing and spacious south garden, in the garden roof atop the concourse and in the courtyards and roof terraces.
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UN-Habitat (p.147)
Map 1. Metropole of Douala and its main
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Douala Spatial Profile (Cameroon)
UN-Habitat, Cameroon, 2022
Vision, Scenario Building, and Action Plan for the subidivision of Douala 4 (Cameroon)
UN-Habitat, Cameroon, 2023
For more than a decade, Cameroon has been hosting internally displaced persons and refugees, whose numbers have increased in the last five years due to internal and external crises fuelled by religious and political grievances i.e., Anglophone crisis, Boko Haram, and instability in Central African Republic (CAR).
The Urban Planning and Infrastructure in Migration Contexts (UPIMC) programme recognizes the need to support municipalities with long-term strategic approaches in connecting migration and displacement-affected neighborhoods with access to public services through financeable infrastructure investments.
Improvement: As a first step, the Douala Spatial Profile was developed for Douala with a focus on Douala 4 to improve the spatial understanding of the existing situation, through an evidence-based analysis and a participative approach.
Based on this report, in which Douala 4 and Mambanda were selected as a pilot subdivision and pilot neighborhood, the Visioning, Scenario and Action Plan report outlines the long-term roadmap including an urban vision, a scenario and an Action Plan to tackle the identified challenges and to foresee an inclusive and sustainable environment for the host and IDPs communities. This roadmap based on SDGs and engaging the local community and relevant stakeholders provides a blueprint by identifying priority investments that will guide the municipality of Douala 4 and the key stakeholders of the city to implement and ensure transformative actions to reach SGD goals at Douala 4 scale.
Old city
Agricultural hangar
Sport equipment
Education equipment
Social equipment
Cimetery
Supermarket
Church
Outstanding farmhouse
Dommerville castle
Municipal infrastructure
Planted space
N20
Railway
Departmental road
Municipal road
HVL
VHVL
Line of trees
URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE
The urban fabric is distanced from the surrounding rural areas and hamlets by the transport infrastructure. How can urbanity and rurality be reconciled?
DECLINE OF THE CITY CENTRE the old fabric of the city centre has a high vacancy rate. The massive use of cars has transformed the public space into a car park. How can the heart of the city be reclaimed?
URBAN SPRAWL/PERIPHERAL DEVELOPMENT
The desire for growth has led the city to build new housing estates on the outskirts, resulting in significant urban sprawl. How can we reduce the center/periphery divide and reinforce the station’s new centrality?
REGIONAL DOOR CONCEPT
CONNECT THE CITY TO THE LARGE TERRITORY
01 DEVELOP SHORT DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
02 EQUIP THE INTERCHANGE WITH AN ATHLETICS TRACK
03 PROMOTE INTERMODALITY
Angerville, a new growth model for the small town
Winner of the 2021 Award ‘‘Small-sized cities of tomorrow’’, France, 2021
This project focuses on the development of Angerville, located in the South of the Essonne. Halfway between Paris and Orléans, it offers the charms of a town in the countryside. However, subject to the effects of Parisian growth, it is showing signs of decline. The neglect of the old town centre, the estrangement from the countryside and the urban/rural divide are major issues. counteract these forms of drift? What urbanity for tomorrow?
This project aims to develop a new model of growth to address the urban decline affecting Angerville. This model is based on the following 5 principles:
• Reconnecting with the territory - an urbanity that reveals the specificities of the territory, respectful and aware of the place.
• Reduce the urban-rural divide - a reborn urbanity to reconcile the urban fabric with the rural territories.
• Controlling urban growth - an urbanity that is balanced with its environment and not in a power struggle with rural areas;
• Fostering citizen participation - a collective urbanity to ensure cohesion and reduce social fractures;
• Developping an active soil - an urbanity that supports the reconciliation of man with his environment.
GUARDERIA PASITOS VERDES
Arch-sharing competition, Bolivia, 2018
Guardería Pasitos Verdes is a children’s world to play, grow up and share.
This project is the bearer of human, social and ecological values. The uses partition the plan : the West wing, with two flexible spaces, is designed for the children, while the East wing houses the staff area. In warm weather, the double-layer roof and two patios refresh the air, as do the many trees in the garden. The children stimulate their creativity by playing outside on the adventure trail. The creation of a vegetables garden, a henhouse and rainwater catchment tanks allow them to be aware of environnemental issues on a daily basis.
GUARDERIA PASITOS VERDES
