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Now that Marseille's been elected Cultural Capital of Europe, they are completely transforming the waterfront part of the city. All for the best I must say !
Here are a few examples : MUCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) Architect : Rudy Ricciotti https://www.myprovence.fr/img/push/7...5c8c85e436.jpg http://www.mucem.org/sites/default/f...?itok=Vi99XeQm http://www.bordeauxtendances.fr/wp-c...-Marseille.jpg http://www.bordeauxtendances.fr/week...ille/cimg0793/ A complete renovation of the Cathédrale de la Major http://p3.storage.canalblog.com/31/2...2/99937947.jpg New towers proposals http://www.novanea.fr/blog/wp-conten...e-1024x576.jpg http://www.novanea.fr/blog/wp-conten...quai-arenc.jpg http://www.novanea.fr/blog/?p=48 |
I have witnessed this transformation of formerly dilapidated waterfront areas into amazing hubs of activity. Marseille is fantastic. I enjoyed living there for a few months/year over the past few years (2015, 2014, 2015).
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:old: Forgotten thread.
I know, right? But this would be under construction, now. https://i.goopics.net/3ggxjg.jpg I found this rendering there. Looks like there's no known source of it. It's worth bumping the thread because it will be the first residential high-rise (99m / 325 ft, 27 floors) in France since the late 1970s or early 80s, I believe. So there will be condos and some student housing, it seems. They're working on the foundation. We don't have any exciting picture of it yet. |
Oh nice! And that helps create a nice little cluster. I think I like the lower rise building more of the two. But the larger one reminds me of a building proposed in downtown LA that I really hope is built. Great for Marseille!
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The tower is nice with the full side balconies and all white. Blending nicely with the other buildings nearby.
However the location in the rendering is distressing. Viewed from an elevated road, looking at another elevated road with what looks like industry under it, and that concrete plaza out front of the building! Yikes. Is it connected to a residential area? Near the water or transit? |
^ Agreed, the close surroundings are not very inviting.
That said, the couple of high-rise buildings they built on that spot is encompassed in a larger new district, something like 800 acres. It is called Euroméditerranée. This is what it looked like in late 2023. Scroll >>> https://mesinfos.fr/content/articles...2371343761.jpg https://mesinfos.fr/13000-marseille/...-1-187303.html They started to plan this whole thing 30 years ago and it's close to be complete today. It was meant to convert a set of old warehouses into offices and to redevelop brownfields. Now that the area assigned to the masterplan was almost entirely redeveloped, they're going to expand it, talking about 400+ additional acres. As for those 2 elevated roads mentioned in the post above, I can't tell whether they could tear them down to replace them by any better infrastructure. Certainly not in a short run. The new district is mixed-use. I believe there's quite a lot of recent residences. It may include a couple of venues for entertainment, but I think it was primarily planned to be appealing to businesses, so I don't know whether there's been much leisure over the spot yet. A seawalk would be nice, but the area doesn't seem suitable. As you can see in the picture, there's still an active port nearby, so it's more like docks than beaches, lol. Downtown Marseille shouldn't try too hard to be Nice anyway. It is bigger and supposed to widely be a trade port city to serve the French Med coast, not a seaside resort. |
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