Paris Rive Gauche
3rd Millenium area of culture, research and education ?
Learning from a mega project |
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> Table of Contents
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Ambition, goals and scale of development • Before Paris
Rive Gauche : planning Paris and the Region, redevelopment strategies
and opportunities • The concept : an integrated Parisian
district on a raised level • The framework of project (ZAC)
and the public developer (SEMAPA) • Implementing the plan
: public debate, the market and political change • Living,
working & creating in PRG today and tomorrow : Tolbiac,
Austerlitz and Massena quarters • Lessons from the project
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> Introduction
Paris Rive Gauche (1990-2020) is one of the
most outstanding urban developments in the Paris Region aiming
to focus regional development towards the East. Along the
banks of the Seine, on the edge of the City, a series of railtracks
are being covered since the mid-'90s to make way for a new
mix-use dense urban district around the French National Library.
Despite early difficulties, the site is being gradually developed
in an area for housing, business, research, education and
culture, with the new Paris Biopark devoted to mature biotech
firms and a new university campus imbedded in the urban and
social fabric. Whether the blend is succeeding is a matter
of debate, but this is strongly related to the project's governance
and organization.
The presentation shows the historical and planning context
and gives an insight into the urban design, the delivery -backed
by strong public agency, and the public participation on the
project. It also draws some lessons from its achievements
and drawbacks.
This presentation on Paris Rive Gauche was first shown and
debated in Amsterdam at the International Lecture Series (Autumn
2006) "Strategic projects as leverage for transition
to the 21st-century urban region" organized by the Foundation
for Lectures on Intensive and Multiple Land Use (sLIM), founded
by the Dutch Council on Tall Buildings and the Ministry of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment).
Acknowledgments
IAURIF wishes to thank Gilles de Montmarin, SEMAPA (Société
d'Économie Mixte d'Aménagement de la Ville de
Paris) ; Pierre Micheloni, APUR (Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme)
; Fabrice Piault (Tam-Tam association) ; Willem Salet, University
of Amsterdam (Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International
Development Studies, AMIDSt).
Author
Paul LECROART (IAURIF) |
