Amiter

After the radical intervention of the major works of 60 years ago, the time has come for the modern work to be questioned, dissected and probably deconstructed.

The site is a living space hosting the metropolis's biggest cultural and sporting events, a site that educates, produces, distributes and entertains. However, whether the vast esplanades of the Parc des Expositions are empty or full, one important element remains forgotten: the scale of the landscape, perhaps that of the Cher, so near and yet so far.

Our project intervenes at this interface between what the area has become through human hands, what it embodies today for the metropolis and its users, and the strong potential for evolution that we see in it in terms of habitability and development.

We are therefore considering three levels of intervention: water, ground and above water. Each is treated in terms of continuity on the scale of the site and beyond, as a link between pieces of land, uses and landscapes that are currently fragmented, with the Boire du Bois de Plante at the forefront.

Through the interaction of these three reference levels, the project recaptures a complex way of thinking about the site's relationship with water and risk, through the prism of its uses and giving space to all living things. We're not proposing a total upheaval of the site, but rather the exploitation of its cracks and interstitial spaces to put it back in a position to take advantage of its geographical assets.

credits

Architects: Clément Blanchet Architecture
Client: Ministry of Ecological Transition, Tours Métropole
Nature of the operation: Ideas competition. 1st Prize
Realised in: 2022
Site: Tours, France
Program: Urban study
Budget: NC

team composition

Landscape: Taktyk
Engineering: Ingetec