Osara . Alatalo . Hauru . Pirhonen

Europan 10 . CHAUX DES FONDS

photos: Osara . Alatalo . Hauru . Pirhonen
Site has a task of re-configuring and
supporting the edge of a city, both by
the means of new built fabric and as
new activity. The features and values
of Esplanade district and the landscape
offer strong basis for the framework.
Building upon and inspired by the existing
characters, the identity of a district as a
whole is continued and empowered.

The new railway stop at the joint of existing
and new neighbourhoods merges the
areas together, as it also brings them a
direct access to the city centre. By this
transition the neighbourhoods can offer
high quality living in connection to the
nature and to facilities of the city. The soft
mobility route, that was missing earlier,
from south to north via railway station and
a bridge over the railway bring together
sport and leisure centres of Les Arêtes and
La Charrière, guiding their activity as part of
reinvigoration of the area.

Site has a task of re-configuring and
supporting the edge of a city, both by
the means of new built fabric and as
new activity. The features and values
of Esplanade district and the landscape
offer strong basis for the framework.
Building upon and inspired by the existing
characters, the identity of a district as a
whole is continued and empowered.
The new railway stop at the joint of existing
and new neighbourhoods merges the
areas together, as it also brings them a
direct access to the city centre. By this
transition the neighbourhoods can offer
high quality living in connection to the
nature and to facilities of the city. The soft
mobility route, that was missing earlier,
from south to north via railway station and
a bridge over the railway bring together
sport and leisure centres of Les Arêtes and
La Charrière, guiding their activity as part of
reinvigoration of the area .