Besançon, Study of landscaping to enhance Vauban’s fortifications
Project sponsor(s)Town of BesançonSchedule12 months (July 2009 to June2010)SummaryA unique, natural setting
Besançon enjoys a rare and distinctive geographical setting with a chain of hills along the
RiverDoubsthat are part of the last anticlinal fold of the western limit of the Jura mountain range.
The strategic importance of the site was noticed at an early date. The...
Interpretation path
Project sponsor(s)Guillestrois CountySummaryThis project follows a study on the improvement of access to the stronghold site. It must allow improved site access sustainably (bicycle and pedestrian). The purpose is to reclassify an existing community path and introduce visitors to the first elements of interpretation of cultural and natural...
Longwy, collaborating with social housing authorities
Project sponsor(s)Longwy Town councilSchedule2009-2023Summary2009 - Phillipe Prost Study
2012 - guideline plan
2012 - archaeological survey
2013 -2023 –work carried out
Longwy, conservation and landscaping measures
Project sponsor(s)Town of LongwySchedule2009-2012SummaryA woodland management plan enhances fortified heritage and leads to its long-term viability; equally it preserves and enhances woodland slopes, whilst ensuring a number of objectives, namely :
- that the ramparts can be seen from the valley,
- that the Valley can be seen from the ramparts.
To this...
Longwy, ‘Tour de ville’ project
Project sponsor(s)Longwy Town CouncilSchedule20 yearsSummarySurface area inside the fortified city: 15ha
Contracting authority: commune of Longwy
Implementation: 20 years
Number of inhabitants (INSEE 2011): 14,628
Contractor: Philippe Prost Architectural firm
Study carried out by 2009
Mont-Dauphin A participative approach on a territorial scale
Project sponsor(s)Municipality of Mont-DauphinScheduleSince 2007Summary- Altitude: 1 050 m
- Number of inhabitants: 154 (recensement INSEE 2011)
- Number of inhabitants Guillestrois community of communes: 5 500
- Surface area within the walled city: 16 ha
- Administrators subscribed: Commune of Mont-Dauphin (30 ha), Centre for National Monuments (proporty of ministry for...
Mont-Louis: From inter-communal monument protection towards a territorial project
Project sponsor(s)PNR des Pyrénées catalanesSchedule2009-2013SummaryA recognisable defensive landscape
The Mont-Louis stronghold comprises a town and a citadel, created from scratch in 1679 within a mountain setting in the heart of what is now the Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees.
The zones of co-visibility between this fortress and the surrounding...Requalification of the parade ground
Project sponsor(s)Town of BriançonSchedule2010-2011SummaryRedevelopment of the parade ground to enhance a historic part of the town and revitalise an area for day to day use. Reconstruction of the stone walls of the well to Vauban’s original design. Restoration of the parade ground- demolition – site preparation; repairs – cleaning; access; drainage...
The concealed car park
Project sponsor(s)Province of Utrecht, The NetherlandsScheduleImplementation: 1st April 2013Summary- Car park size: 3ha
- Contracting authority: Province of Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Design: Bureau Parklaan and Paul de Kort
- Built by: Bam Wegen
- Car park holds: 250 véhicules individuels, 2 cars, 100 vélos.
