How to highlight the exceptional assets of an ill-identified territory ? Today this common project for the coastline façade (uses and mutations) has entailed the involvement of political and institutional actors, which marks the willingness to implement a first series of operations on 6 defined sectors : Pornichet harbors, Saint Marc Cornice, from Saint Nazaire’s city harbor to town center, Camp de la Torpille – Bonne Anse et Villès – Trébale. The transformation of Saint Nazaire’s waterfront has driven a dynamic which is continued logically through this wider strategy of upgrading the coastline façade. The debate must stand for the whole of the Guerande Peninsula, so as to elaborate a shared vision of the project, which might then be fit to meet contemporary issues. A development based on the exclusive use of individual cars and the consumption of farm lands for the city’s benefit is a story that has now come to an end. To design the development of this motley city which is now gaining resilience and attractiveness, the best levers are now the followings : highlighting landscapes, reasonable running of water resources, implementing a negotiated agricultural project, and anticipating climate change. Supporting the Agency TER Paysagistes (2018 “Grand Prix de l’Urbanisme), Magnum develops the strategic vision through operational urban projects on the 6 defined sites.
Location Façade littorale de Saint-Nazaire à Pornichet
Project Managment Pôle Métropolitain Nantes – St Nazaire / Villes de Saint-Nazaire et Pornichet / ADDRN
Partners Grand Port Maritime Nantes Saint-Nazaire, CCI, Etat, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Conseil départemental de Loire-Atlantique
Urban landscapers Agence TER Architecture
Architects Magnum
Planification Alphaville
Status En cours
Schedule Since 2017
Mission Urban, architectural, landscaping and programmatic studiess
Extent of project More than 250 ha (global study) and 90 ha of operational sites
