Paper TaPoUs1945

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What can we learn from Haussmann? Winy Maas asks in an interview given for

citearchitectures channel describing MVRV !ro"ect for the #rand $aris% &eyond its

local reasoning' the (uestion also raises theoretical (uestions in the urbanism )eld%

*da!tation and understanding of the history of a !lace and its conte+t can give acontinuation in the design of the city' following its own logic and needs with the

means available at a given time% , -dentifying the !otential' verifying the !hysical

!ossibilities and outlining the necessary conditions for ful)lling these !otentials ./

that is what we e+!ect from an urban !lanner%

#rand $aris

-n the conte+t of the constantly growing urban !o!ulation across the globe' the

modern urban living lies in the hands of architects and !lanners%0 Will they seek to

accommodate them in new cities or will they )nd the answer in the current ones?

*ccording to Morales 1.2345' we architects are still seeking to discover the mostsuitable relationshi! between roads and houses' having lost that (uality of

alignment which had !roved so useful ever since Renaissance times% 67o' how do

we de)ne and use it today? *nd more im!ortantly' how do we face the constant

growing of cities?

$aris has recently tested an interesting a!!roach% *lthough ca!able of absorbing

most ma"or develo!ments 1from the end of industriali8ation until the beginning of

the information area5' with the changing )nancial systems' the new $ost 9yoto

restrictions' the old :uro!ean cities are facing new challenges' one of them being

the fear of losing their status as im!ortant centres on the global market% ;


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the $aris everybody loves% &ut was this also the reason of severe segregation

between the centre and its banlieues? *s Vesta Aele Eareh observes' uring the

,=th century the city continued to grow while !reserving its image as a glamorous

metro!olis with a coherent :uro!ean city s!ace' so everything that did not )t into

the Hausmannian structures had to stay outside' in the &anlieue% 3 *nd although

this image is !art of the A* of the !lace2

' isnt it a little bit anti/!roductive?

#oing further into history' the ne+t big name that had a vision for $aris was Fe

orbusier' with his $lan Voisin% onsidering the citys .2 thcentury structures un)t

for the challenges of ,= thcentury life' his !ro!osition involved the demolition of

most of the old city centre and the rise of an entire new city' with >= storey

skyscra!ers among large green areas and big highways connecting $aris to Drances

!rovinces' at the same time !romoting the segregation of areas according to their

function%.=

&ut instead of going with Fe orbusiers !lan' the city was !reserved' so in order to

solve the increasing housing !roblems' large/scale housing !ro"ects from the >=sand 4=s 1#rands :nsembles5% Highly de!endent on su!!lies from $aris and the

little villages in the area' they were "ust large dormitory neighbourhoods which'

because of their s!atial disconnection' made their inhabitants 1mostly immigrants5

feel as if they were at the edge of society% ..


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conte+t of $aris because of his .22. !artici!ation to Mission #rand *+e radical

!ro"ect as !art of IM* team%


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-f the harles de #aulle air!ort would be e+!anded' it would concentrate the

noise nuisances' it would o!timi8e the funding for the infrastructure 1creating

better connections to the hinterland5 and it would increase the !ossibilities of

transit% Durthermore' !lacing the new air!ort area in the centre of the forests'

a com!ensation of the I,emissions corres!onding to the re(uirements of

the 9yoto $rotocol could be created% &ienvenue P $aris' Qthe green city,>

>% Fa grande gare de l:uro!e

;2%6>; km,

*t this moment' multi!le


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could be integrated to shorten the distances between !eri!heries thus

bringing increased ease of access to these areas and to develo! an

accessible !latform of intermodal trans!ort% *s @oan &us(uets observes in his

search for !otential !lanning strategies 1., in number5' city/dwellers want to

be free to decide whether to take !ublic trans!ort' or !rivate trans!ort

TUand this condition calls for new res!onses to !atterns of urbani8ation%,2

*lso' by moving the fast track underground' the boulevard is not seen any

more as a barrier' but as an o!!ortunity to be used for new !arks that would

surround the !eri!heries and also to be !aid with the leverage coming from

all the investments in new housing along it%


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intermodal !oles% 00#eneric solutions may seem attractive' but they do not

res!ond to the social and s!atial demands of the aCected !o!ulation%06

..%Fe nouveau metro

. km, S ;3;%,.4 km,

While intensifying the nodes where diCerent trans!ort means meet' a seriesof local densities could be generated% 3. >30%,== m0


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us to think of density not as a mechanical res!onse or soil as an economic

value' but as a way to also !reserve the voids' the !orosity of the soils' the

water as a resource' all in the same ensemble%

.6%Fes Ocoles sus!endues

>; ;== 6== m

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.4%7u!er 7orbonne

. .0= 6== m0

Having a s!ace for the technologies and sciences not only around $aris 1like

in the current situation5' but maybe closer to its center' the concentration

hel!ing maybe with the innovation because it would be a !lace to gather' a

very clear address in $aris%g*lthough an interesting idea in itself' the image

shows a high/rise building sur!assing the height of the :iCel


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