Concours: Park agro-urbain
Exhibit Category / Cat茅gorie de l'expo: City
Location/Emplacement: Bernex, Switzerland
Dates: 2012
Designers/Concepteurs: 1st, Verzone Woods Architects | 2nd , Projet Base | 3rd, Robin Winogrond Landschafts Architekten | 4th: Stoa Architects - Paysagistes
Clients: Canton of Geneva
More Information/Plus d'informations: n/a
Image Credits/Cr茅dits d'images: Verzone Woods Architects, Projet Base & SOA, Robin Winogrond Landschafts, Architekten, and Stoa Architects
Project Description: (version fran莽aise ci-dessous)
At the end of 2012, a design competition launched by the Canton of Geneva and the Swiss Republic solicited development ideas for nine hectares of land that link together three towns within Geneva鈥檚 metropolitan area: Confignon, Bernex and Onex. The designers were asked to propose uses for the green space, serving as an 鈥渁gro-urban park鈥� that establishes a zone for urban agriculture as well as providing spaces for leisure and recreation. The design is part of a larger vision for the future, intended to incorporate two boulevards with residential neighbourhoods and public transportation. The participants were challenged by a need to maintain the heritage of the region鈥檚 agricultural past by integrating a farm into the landscape. In addition, the presence of a noisy highway adjacent to the site and a major road that crossed the site had to be negotiated. Spatial quality, functionality and feasibility were essential concerns of the jury.
Solutions by forty-nine respondents from seven countries were then exhibited in June 2013. The first prize was awarded to 鈥減arcfertile鈥�, the entry led by Verzone Woods Architectes. Their project brought the importance of urban agriculture to the foreground, by incorporating orchards, vegetable gardens and places to raise small livestock. The competition judges complemented the inclusion of a place for visitors to buy farm produce. They also remarked on the linear demonstration gardens that maximized visibility, showcasing agricultural activity. Moveable elements such as modular benches from recycled wooden palettes built flexibility into the scheme, allowing fallow fields to become spots for leisure activity. The designers also proposed a demonstration kitchen and restaurant to serve as animators for the site. Noise pollution from the adjacent highway was blocked by creating an earth berm.
Other entries of note include second-place winner 鈥淏NX2015鈥�, led by the landscape architects Projet Base. This project was distinguished by a simple, clean division of activities, and an attractive vista towards the farm from the future tram stop. The clarity of the design in the third-place entry 鈥淛urablick鈥�, led by the landscape architect Robin Winogrond, is achieved by segregating various functions with an elongated diamond-shape plan divided into three parts. The diamond is defined by a treed barrier to mitigate against adjacent highway noise on one side, agricultural land on the other, with a central aisle that includes meadows, linear walk/bike/exercise paths and water management ponds.
The winning design will be implemented following some modifications for practical and financial reasons. This will provide a link between the urban fabric of these towns and the agricultural heritage of the region.
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Description du Projet:
Le canton de Gen猫ve et la R茅publique Suisse avaient lanc茅 fin 2012 un concours sollicitant des id茅es pour le d茅veloppement de neuf hectares de terrain qui relient trois villes de la m茅tropole de Gen猫ve : Confignon, Bernex et Onex. Les concepteurs devaient proposer des fa莽ons d鈥檈xploiter ce terrain afin d鈥檈n faire un 芦 parc agro-urbain 禄 qui cr茅e 脿 la fois une zone d鈥檃griculture urbaine et offre 茅galement des espaces de loisir et de d茅tente. Le projet fait partie d鈥檜ne vision plus 茅tendue, pr茅voyant d鈥檌nt茅grer 脿 l鈥檃venir deux boulevards avec des quartiers d鈥檋abitations r茅sidentielles et des moyens de transport publics.
Les participants 茅taient confront茅s au d茅fi de devoir conserver l鈥檋茅ritage du pass茅 agricole de la r茅gion en int茅grant une ferme au paysage. Il leur fallait de plus tenir compte de la pr茅sence d鈥檜ne autoroute bruyante adjacente au site et d鈥檜ne grande route qui le traverse. Le jury s鈥檌nt茅ressait essentiellement 脿 la qualit茅 spatiale, 脿 la fonctionnalit茅 et 脿 la faisabilit茅 du projet.
Les propositions des quarante-neuf concourants, de sept pays, ont 茅t茅 expos茅es en juin 2013. Le premier prix a 茅t茅 attribu茅 脿 芦 parcfertile 禄, le projet con莽u par Verzone Woods Architectes, mettant en avant l鈥檃griculture urbaine 脿 travers la pr茅sence de vergers, de potagers et de parcelles o霉 茅lever du petit b茅tail. Les juges du concours ont appr茅ci茅 non seulement la cr茅ation d鈥檜n point de vente des produits de la ferme pour les visiteurs, mais aussi la s茅rie lin茅aire de jardins de d茅monstration permettant d鈥檕btenir une grande visibilit茅 au service de la pr茅sentation de l鈥檃ctivit茅 agricole. Gr芒ce 脿 des 茅l茅ments mobiles, tels que des bancs modulaires en bois recycl茅 donnant de la souplesse au projet, des terrains en friche pouvaient servir d鈥檈spaces pour des activit茅s de loisirs. Les concepteurs proposaient 茅galement une cuisine et un restaurant de d茅monstration servant de p么les d鈥檃nimation pour le site. La cr茅ation d鈥檜ne butte de terre a permis de faire obstacle 脿 la pollution sonore de l鈥檃utoroute adjacente. Cere, tem aut officia sitio. verectem dit volentur adic totas et ut illit pre qui te porat.
Parmi les autres propositions remarquables, il y avait le deuxi猫me prix, 芦 BNX2015 禄, le projet des architectes paysagers de Projet Base, qui se caract茅risait 脿 la fois par une s茅paration simple et nette des activit茅s et une vue attrayante sur la ferme 脿 partir du futur arr锚t du tramway. La conception du troisi猫me prix, 芦 Jurablick 禄, d茅velopp茅e sous la direction de l鈥檃rchitecte paysager Robin Winogrond, offre une grande clart茅 obtenue par la s茅paration des diff茅rentes fonctions dans un espace en forme de diamant allong茅 divis茅 en trois parties. Le diamant est d茅fini d鈥檜n c么t茅 par une barri猫re arbor茅e, qui att茅nue le bruit de l鈥檃utoroute adjacente et, de l鈥檃utre, par le terrain agricole ; une bande centrale inclut des prairies, des sentiers pi茅tonniers, des pistes cyclables, des parcours sportifs et des bassins de r茅tention d鈥檈au.
Le projet laur茅at sera mis en place compte tenu de quelques modifications apport茅es pour des raisons pratiques et financi猫res. 芦 parcfertile 禄 cr茅era un lien entre le tissu urbain de ces villes et le pass茅 agricole de la r茅gion.
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