Paris-Saclay Campus - Quartier de Moulon
Retrouver le territoire sur le plateau de Saclay et redonner sens aux aménagements urbains, tel est l'enjeu de notre intervention démarée en 2017, pour servir le projet de la ZAC de MOULON
The first public spaces were created with particular attention to urban comfort thanks to the plant and hydraulic connection between the cultivated plateau and its wooded edge.
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The Yvette's valley and the plateau: a territorial unit
Reinforce the continuity between valley and plateau
An old framework reactivated
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Carte des Chasses du Roi, XVIIIth century, scale 1/28 000
South edge of the Saclay plateau
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Draw the crossings and continuities
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Intensify exchanges between valley and plateau
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Think the plateau's entrance
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Ongoing territorial whole
Two connected entities: City and University
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The terrace and the belvedere path offer one of the most beautiful point of view on the Yvette valley
Reinforce and rank the North-South framework
The North-South axis cross the plateau and continue as many continuities with the valley
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Hydraulic continuities and runoff water storage
Plants continuity with the edge vocabulary
Pedestrian / cycles continuities
Soils continuity
Urban continuity and discontinuity of the plateau - the main figures and the East-West framework
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Chain of neighborhoods and main public spaces
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Forecourt of the École Nationale Supérieure
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Consolidate the East-West framework of the main public spaces
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The edges, ways to think the city - The grid as project
Build the edges
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An urban grid meshed and connected to the territory
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Strengthen the grid morphology with closed islets and open it to the geography
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Water in the heart of public spaces
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Soils continuity
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Plants continuity
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- Sponsor
- Public Institution Paris-Saclay
- Situation
- Plateau of Saclay - 48°42’43.88’’N / 2°9’50.61’’E
- Partners
- Germe & JAM, Urbasnists - ARTELIA Ville & Transports, bet Roads and networks - SCENE PUBLIQUE, Lighting Designer
- Budget / Area
- 80 € / 350 ha
- Date
- 2017 - 2023