The proposal elaborated by this team proceeds from a pertinent analysis of the situation and brings concrete answers to some of the problems identified in the development program. However, these solutions remain most often punctual and it remains difficult to perceive the guiding line that links all the elements of the proposal. This difficulty is even more noticeable in the case of the landscape interventions, where the links between the different zones are not always obvious. Moreover, the concept of the Festival site did not appear to be very thorough.
According to the concept of "L'art de vivre" developed by the team, the project tries to continue the work started by Mrs. Elsie Reford according to a vision that may seem somewhat backward-looking. This bias, based on the pursuit of a certain art of living and on the artificial re-creation of a past situation, results in a project that privileges the "extension of time". Thus, the proposal does not sufficiently demonstrate the development of a thought projected towards the future. The result is a functionalist project where the meaning and the narrative thread come from the animation more than from the structuring or the treatment of the space.
The jury questioned the coherence of the concept and the clarity of the strategies developed, as the different solutions presented tended to make the project look like a sampling of possibilities. This impression of a collection or sample of ideas is reinforced by the graphic presentation, which is very much a collage.
Finally, this proposal presents a very developed client approach. However, the concept of animation favors a traditional approach anchored in the history of the site, whereas the client has chosen to develop the animation of the site through the implementation of a set of new activities: Festival, educational workshops, Summer University, etc.
(From jury report)
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