Mediative Urbanisms – Entry 110
Presented by:
Tetsuya Kawano – tetsu-san21 (at) hotmail (dot) com (dot) co (dot) jp
Paris France
Julien Boulley – julien.boulley (at) free (dot) fr
Paris France
Intention
The site boundary is defined to the south by community service buildings and housing which have a directly link to the street leading to the site. This layout assists in preserving the interior of the site from all architectural interventions. The ground floor level acts as a visual filter between the city and the nature and creates zones for pedestrian and bicycle access. A relationship is formed between each element of the architectural programme and each particular type of natural space: the school with the forest, the greenhouse with the field, the covered zones with the biotope pond.
A preserved natural environment
The site takes on the form of a parc, traversed from east to west via a pedestrian walkway and bicycle track following the riverbank. With 3 zones, each defined by a specific biotope, a rhythm is created along this walkway allowing pedestrians the opportunity to discover the rich natural qualities belonging to the ecosystem of the river and its surroundings. The aim of this educational walkway is to create a public awareness of Louisville’s natural environment with the aid of observatory structures placed along throughout the length of the walkway.
Le site is integrated within a plus vast district than the junction point between the highly urbanised zones of the city centre to the west and the parc and open areas developping to the east. The existing transportation network could be modified to allow access to the periphery of the site. The site is bound to the north by a train line with a station giving direct access to the city centre.
Programme
With a school opening onto the forest zone, allowing children to learn from a young age about the preservation of their natural surroundings, this site is suitable for the development of an ecosystem, rich in animal and vegetable species.
A greenhouse, connected to a field to be used for open air planting, allows the development of an urban agriculture.
A large under-cover, multipurpose space can be used for cultural (concerts, exhibitions) and sporting events as well as for a temporary market. The vast roof of this structure can be used for an independent solar energy installation to be used for the entire site.
Housing to be located within a tower building becomes a symbolic link between the site and the city centre.
Duplex housing creates a continuity of the scale of existing housing to the areas surrounding the site.
The ground floor level shall house zones and buildings dedicated to community services as well as commercial zones.
