Participation in the “Valais and the Rhône” nomadic residency
Vallée du Rhône vue depuis les hauts de Loèche © EPFL / LAST
LAC 23.26 is a public event featuring six nomadic residencies across the Lake Geneva watershed, taking place every six months between 2023 and 2026. Organized by professionals in the fields of architecture, urban space and landscape, it is open to all interested parties. On this occasion, Dr. Sara Formery presented the work carried out as part of the RHODANIE URBAINE project, initiated and developed by the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST).
In an era of seeking resilient relationships between rivers and the urban areas they cross, some sites are proving ideal for new sustainable river neighborhoods, particularly when they are connected to public transport networks and offer significant potential for both urban regeneration and climate adaptation of public spaces. As a river that is undergoing significant changes linked to flood management, the Rhône is particularly emblematic of the many challenges inherent in these processes of transformation.
During her lecture, Sara Formery presented, the characteristics of the urban banks of the Rhône, the development of specific project-based approaches to rhodanian neighborhoods in transition, as well as a framework for analyzing the new city-river balance. To cope with the diversity of situations, the approach seeks to develop project-based visions on different study sites undergoing regeneration and showing evolution potential.
Following the Rhône as a common thread, four study sites are selected, one for each hydraulic entity (excluding Lake Geneva and the Delta): a site in Sion located along the Rhône alpestre, a site in Geneva located along the Haut Rhône, a site in Givors (Greater Lyon metropolitan area) located along the Rhône moyen, and a site in Avignon located along the Rhône inférieur.
In an era of seeking resilient relationships between rivers and the urban areas they cross, some sites are proving ideal for new sustainable river neighborhoods, particularly when they are connected to public transport networks and offer significant potential for both urban regeneration and climate adaptation of public spaces. As a river that is undergoing significant changes linked to flood management, the Rhône is particularly emblematic of the many challenges inherent in these processes of transformation.
During her lecture, Sara Formery presented, the characteristics of the urban banks of the Rhône, the development of specific project-based approaches to rhodanian neighborhoods in transition, as well as a framework for analyzing the new city-river balance. To cope with the diversity of situations, the approach seeks to develop project-based visions on different study sites undergoing regeneration and showing evolution potential.
Following the Rhône as a common thread, four study sites are selected, one for each hydraulic entity (excluding Lake Geneva and the Delta): a site in Sion located along the Rhône alpestre, a site in Geneva located along the Haut Rhône, a site in Givors (Greater Lyon metropolitan area) located along the Rhône moyen, and a site in Avignon located along the Rhône inférieur.