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Following the Europan 16 competition launched in 2021 by Bordeaux Métropole, the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux, and the City of Bassens, the three winning teams of the competition embarked on a post-competition phase at the request of the partners to further explore the industrial-port territory of Bassens.

The work continued, with the three teams collaborating as a collective. After an initial diagnostic phase where meetings and on-site workshops allowed for the alignment of competition ideas with the real expectations and challenges of the site, a second project phase enabled the development of concrete action proposals for the territory.

Through an iterative and innovative project process, the main objective of the project is to integrate elements of the city into the port and elements of the port into the city by:
– Proposing a range of possible actions to be implemented in the short term on the territory,
– Rethinking the interfaces between the city and the port,
– Suggesting temporary or permanent interventions that can anticipate new and innovative cohabitation of uses,
– Emphasizing flexibility and avoiding the fixation of spaces.