Our bet is that our urbanistic proposal is a call to architecture through the development of a site, that is to say, through a system of correct internal and peripheral functioning and through the assignment of constructive value to particular lands. To build is to force the uncertainty (and here they are numerous) in order to make the possible of the programs happen in the presence of a place, the identification of the landmarks and the knowledge of the rules. When we bet on a call to architecture, we think as much about emergences as about resurgences. We think of the construction of an urban environment where substrates, networks, old and new buildings weave a link between modernity and memory and establish a place where one can feel a sense of well-being in addition to the correct organization of functions.
(From competitor's text)
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The jury appreciated the strength of planning principles put forward by this submission, which were missing in most projects, including some of the prizes or mentions. The clarity of these ideas was, unfortunately, not accompanied by sufficient illustration of its three-dimensional potential and therefore of its strength as an interpretable and place-making scheme. Weaknesses in the pedestrian system connections and in the traffic pattern were also identified. The jury nonetheless thinks that such a clear statement of urban planning principles should be required from finalists in the second stage, as an essential supportive element to urban design and architectural proposals.
(From jury report)
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