Town Planning (Urban project environmentally responsible)
Project team
- atelierphilippemadec (paris), urbanisme
- Réponses Associées (Brest), urbanisme réglementaire
- atelier Eric François (Dijon), paysage
- Tribu (Paris), conseil en environnement
- C&E (Paris), ingénierie pont et passerelle
- I2C (Rennes), ingénierie générale
- CPO, programmiste
Client
Brest Métropole Océane
When activity ceased at the Brest arsenal after long union struggles, the Plateau de Capucins and its big naval construction halls were opened up to the town. The Plateau des Capucins project questioned the town’s entire mode of functioning: its central location is key, between Quéliverzan, Recouvrance, the rue Saint-Malo area and the rue de Siam town centre.
We proposed two new crossings of the Penfeld river: a footbridge to the lycees, and a bridge for pedestrians, cyclists and trams towards the rue de Siam, which we considered the only essential condition for the development of this district.
Elements included: respect for the scale and social history of this location; maximum conversion of existing heritage; the capturing of rainwater; a very mixed programme creating two urban poles; the creation of urban places tailored to their use, the climate and winds; the creation of a vast photovoltaic factory on the roofs of the industrial halls; the creation of a district without cars; and so on – an ensemble of spatial and technical arrangements that would have allowed the creation of the first major metropolitan sustainable district as early as 2004.
