Little by little the city is specific argues its Director

"social throughout the Islands, it will be especially with a network of distribution of heat and cold independent and a system of pneumatic collection of household waste", exposes the first aedile. Essential operational relay incorporated in July 2003, the Saem Val de Seine continues its mission by ensuring follow-up to operations in this sector to the island, an area 3 times larger. "The whole canvas is well stopped." "Little by little, the city is specific", argues its Director. Driving with the Group of developers DBS (Nexity, Vinci estate, Hines France, Icade Capri), phase focuses on the development of the half's Trapeze, including counterparts of the Pont de Sèvres district and its median axis. It is about 5 macro-lots geometries and various dimensions such as that defined by the master plan proposed by architects Christian Devillers (Eastern Shore), Patrick Chavannes and Jacques Ferrier, all totalling approximately 140,000 m2, equivalent to the city centre. The smaller two, respectively developing surfaces of 12,000 m2 (Office designed by architect Jean-Paul Viguier and 13.400 m2 (housing, residency services, student residence and businesses, Vincen Cornu, arch.) are a unique master of work.) "With the city, the Saem and Nexity, we have advanced on clear rules, with the same benefits on the whole of the island", says Vincen Cornu, which is expected to launch the tender to the re-entry.

A link bridge

The other three mixing housing and activities are placed under the tutelage of team of coordinators, architects: the Swiss Diener and for the greater Diener with offices, housing and equipment of proximity, the Belgian Stéphane Bell-Uaps for the second in the centre of the Trapeze including a school group, and the Anglo-French binomial Foster - workshop 234 for the last part in front of the Seinenext to the famous 57 metal, former workshop has become Square Com, new centre of communication of the firm Jakob and Macfarlane (arch.). "Everywhere we looked for diversity, both in programmes but also in the architecture, without falling into the collection effect, insists the Director of the Saem." The decisive factor will be the quality of public space formed by the course, ties, 7 hectare park and the dock but also the simplicity of the design, its fluidity and its inclusion in the landscape.

Already, the two infrastructure indispensable to the life of the future district are underway: the link bridge Trapeze at île Seguin, fully prefabricated metal work shop designed by the architect Marc Barani and Setec TPI, and 600 spaces car park (Agency Dacbert and Associates) who will come slip under the future course in the axis of the work (Agency Chavannes and Thierry Lavernes)(, landscape for the whole of public spaces). Two constructions are closely linked since the latter will house one of the two batteries of the bridge. For the time being, the work focused on the foundations walls molded down to 40 meters of depth. Will be then implemented the stack, the abutment and bridge itself in 2008, with a controlled access road.

"This bridge of 200 metres between support, very refined and very optimized, will serve as a great Visual breakthrough between Billancourt and the hills of Meudon and will offer a true viewpoint on the Seine", said Marc Barani. Entirely buried parking will be dug in the final phase according to the procedure of mole"progressing in depth. Lighter but just as necessary to the opening of the island, the future bridge to join Sèvres on the other side has been attributed to the Studio Bednarski.

In addition to these major works, a new not has been crossed with the assignment on December 21 by Renault 8 hectares of West Trapeze rights-of-way for public spaces and Park.

Several competitions

This large plant breakthrough parallel to the river Seine and open on the city which will be run one of the largest landscaped Boulogne is currently the subject of a competition for a project to integrate the parcel of building X and hold has strong constraints imposed by the plan for the prevention of the risk of flooding (IRPP). Five teams are in the running (Agency Ter, acanthus workshop, the workshop of landscape, Jacques Coulon, Florence Mercier) for a recipient appointed in July. At the same time, following the agreement signed on 21 December with DBS for the second phase of development of the Trapeze, competitions are launched for three new macro-lots the results will be known in two months. In addition to two mixed patches of large, mid-July will be also attributed the almost square right-of-way located above the metal 57, scheduled to host a round of 90 metres in height to 40,000 m2 of offices, with Manger and businesses by foot. The competitors are the French Jean Nouvel and Valode & Pistre, the Italian Massimiliano Fuksas and American KPF. An another IGH (high-rise building) is also expected in the long term in the plan of the Trapeze to absorb programs and make the balance in each of the sectors, these two approved urban signals by the PLU but still dependent on the approval of the citizens.

"The method is now well developed with the Seguin-Rives-de-Seine commission which works with fifteen associations, promoters and Renault group retains an advisory opinion on the projects," reassures Jean-Louis Subileau. The rapid realization of the trapezoid is today the launch of public spaces. "A large transaction remains including the development of the tramway which will Remesh neighbourhoods and the two lines 9 and 10 passing through the centre of Boulogne, and for which I have just launched a public-private partnership research," concludes Jean-Pierre Fourcade, anxious to preserve a time advance.