- Type: Masterplan
- Location: Bercy, Paris, France
- Year: December 2009
- Other: Academic project at ENSAPVS
- Collaboration: William Reid
About
The presence of strong elements, such us the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) and the Palais Omnisports de Bercy generate distinctive forces that are considered into the concept phase. The idea of the project is thus born from the knowledge of these elements which strongly delimit the surface of the site, manipulating the existing urban fabric, compressing and decompressing it according to their effect on the territory. The project concept is indeed the merging of the already existing urban mashes of Paris and Charenton, merging that undergoes strong transformations, according to large surfaces of influence represented, on one side, by built elements like the shopping mall, the exchange, the Bercy 2 complex, and on the other side, by strong natural elements like the Seine and the Bois de Vincennes. This compression and decompression of the urban mesh generate a diversified urban fabric, which gives two distinguished flows: the first, characterized by a kind of spontaneity which connects the Bois de Vincennes to the Seine, and the second one, which, starting from the construction of a new stop for the river shuttle, almost becomes an entry towards the city.
