un parco archeologico litoraneo

la linea ferroviaria saint cyprian basilica

Faced with these multiple problems of an urban or natural order, we decided to work on an intervention area that combines the different layers of the site: urban layers, archaeological layers and natural layers...We want to confirm that Carthage is a Palimpsest territory rich on slow sedimentation of forms, layouts, typologies, trajectories, memories, and urban uses...Those layers deserve to be valued and connected with the urban context. So we chose to work on the area bordering Carthage-Amilcar and the village of Sidi Bou Said. It is area that connects the different types of carthage urban and natural layers, which will allow us to understand the territorial complexity of Carthage.

#VALUECARTHAGE

The manifestation of the slogan #VALUECARTHAGE is elaborated by the proposition of a coastal archaeological park. The intention of our park concerns the limitation of the uncontrolled urban sprawl, the enhancement of the archaeological sites of our intervention area and the preservation of the natural richness of the site. Without forgetting the importance of this kind of park in the region to be at the same time, a tourist, cultural and educational pole for the residents of the city of Carthage or for the tourist aspect of the region...

‘‘ The territory, overloaded as it is with traces and past readings, is more like a palimpsest. In order to set up new facilities, to exploit certain lands more rationally, it is often indispensable to modify the substance of the land irreversibly. The substance of the land in an irreversible way. But the territory is not a lost package or a consumer product that can be replaced. Each one is unique, hence the need to «recycle», to scrape once again, but if possible with the greatest care, the old text that men have inscribed on the irreplaceable material of the soil, in order to lay down a new one that meets today’s needs before being revealed in its turn.’’

André Corboz*

The Territory as Palimpsest and other essays

* André Corboz is a Swiss art, architecture and urban planning historian.

The tree rings represent the plan of a porous territory, a labyrinth of successive layers and urban sedimentations.

The tree is the symbol of life, but it carries within it, just like man, his sufferings, his joys and his memories. In the same way, the territories hide in their layers urban scars: voids, neglected areas, ruins, buildings in a state of degradation.

the layers of the territory: archaeological sites monuments buildings natural elements links between layers