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The forecourt of the Naves seen from the Quai de la Fosse,
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On the interior street of the Naves,
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View of the Quai Fran
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The banks of the Boulevard Blancho seen from the Georges Clemenceau bridge,
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Parc des Chantiers. Restored slipway 3: the yellow Titan crane and the balast gardens, a urban topography,
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Quai des Antilles,
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The Plan & Guide Map, site survey, January 2007
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The Plan & Guide Map, October 2008
Revitalisation and Public Spaces of Nantes Island
Alexandre Chemetoff et associés. Nantes, France
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Name of work in English
Revitalisation and Public Spaces of Nantes Island
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Name of work in original language
Revitalisation et Espaces Publics de lIle de Nantes
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Nantes, France
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Studio
Alexandre Chemetoff et associés
EUmies Awards 2011 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Project management: Malika Hanaizi; Landscape architect: Catherine Pierdet; Architect: Nicolas Lucchini; Landscape architect: Laurent Mouret; Collaborator (office): Olivier Chasseriau; Collaborator (external): Groupe Etude Nicolet, Philippe Corset
Program
Urban planning
Completion
2009
The Ile de Nantes is located opposite the historic city, surrounded by the Loire River and home to 13,000 inhabitants. The main objectives of this project were to accommodate the functions of a new centrality for the city, which includes its metropolitan dimension, while taking advantage of the surrounding river in terms of the constructions as well as the transformation of the river banks as promenades. The intervention method tended to focus on the project in situ rather than to initiate an allencompassing, abstract process and the 'Plan and Guide Map' was constantly updated in accordance with the actual progress of the project. The project focused on urban planning, landscape architecture and architectural development on the basis of a few principles: use what exists; use the history of the site to imagine its transformation; consider the site as a resource; and favour a limited level of intervention within the primary aim of saving energy.