Annonce

The consultations will concern existing neighborhoods. On day one of his trip to Marseille, President Macron announced his intention, and specified on Tuesday evening that he wanted a new Cité Radieuse, but in the north-side neighborhoods. This would be one of the “ten big Architecture 2030 neighborhoods” that will feature in the international consultation for priority urban neighborhoods. But with a view to renovation, rehabilitation and regeneration.

“The Cité Radieuse can’t just remain a story from the past and a mythical site in Marseille,” declared President Macron during his speech at Fort Saint Jean on Tuesday night, touching on the cultural future of Marseille. He followed with a promise: “There will be an architectural consultation,” wanting to see the creation of a new Cité Radieuse in the north-side neighborhoods.

A year after it was announced by President Emmanuel Macron in Marseille, the international architectural consultation targeting priority urban neighborhoods is taking shape. Ten mature sites will be selected over the summer and a competitive dialogue will be organized in September by programme coordinator GIP EPAU. For each site, three design teams will be approved to compete until May 2025.

The launch of the Quartiers de Demain programme is imminent

Announced by President Macron in Marseille at the end of June 2023, this initiative aims to “bring about, nurture and fast-track highly ambitious projects to meet the challenges of ecological and social transition in priority urban neighborhoods”. 

More precisely, the aim is to devise and try out “innovative architectural, urban and landscaping ideas” on ten willing priority neighborhoods in France. An international consultation will be launched by GIP Europe des Projets Architecturaux et Urbains at the beginning of 2024 for designers (architects, urban designers, landscape designers).