“Dense city” studio

Designing an ecological district taking into account the management of water (rain, drinking and sanitary) the topography, the vegetation and the architecture on a site with multiple challenges:

- banks of the Deûle canal to be redeveloped to attract people,

- architectural heritage to be preserved (former Nordic plastics industry),

- existing vegetation to be respected,

- the need to develop a district of 500 collective and individual housing units in a pleasant living environment.

- Work at different scales at once

- Think about water management, paths, roads, parking lots

- Take into account the orientations of buildings and spaces

- Use the existing plant to create atmospheres

“Productive city” studio

Designing a neighborhood combining production, housing, accessibility and conservation of plant heritage (ecological wasteland) and architecture (former industry).

- Start from a large scale (1/1000th) to think about the general layout of the district, green and blue grids, circulation, etc.

- Zoom in on a portion of the neighborhood created and think about the distribution of the different living and production spaces on a smaller scale (1/500th).

- Zoom in again on these different spaces and detail them to give them a quality of life.

4th year of school - Master 1 September 2020 to February 2021 (covid period)

Teachers: Antoine Béal | Aurélien Zoia

[Individual work]