City Center Pavilion and Main Square / COMAC

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源于公元一世纪的古罗马城市Gignac la Nerthe在普罗旺斯地区绵延20公里。1960年代，这里涌入大量北非移民，造成城市恶化，如今城市满满的填充着低成本个人住房，没有留下任何公共空间。因此这个市中心的广场和新构筑在城市演变和社会针灸两个层面上进行问题解决。

An old Roman City from the 1st century, Gignac la Nerthe is a city from the Provence region, 20km from Marseille.

In the late 1960s, the city developed alongside the first wave of North African immigration and in the 1980s with the people moving from some of Marseille’s roughest neighborhoods.

Nowadays, the city has been populated by low cost individual housing that didn’t leave any room for public space.

The city center’s new square and pavilion delivers a two-level proposal: first an urban evolution and then a social answer.

SQUARE ENTRANCE 广场入口

首先广场要形成一个实际的城市中心，联系市政厅，教堂，谷仓，村屋还有林荫大道。现将多余的建筑拆除，旧谷仓作为历史古迹留存。在形状极不规则的开放公共空间植入一个长条形的构筑物，这个构筑物成为广场的轴线，沿这条轴线布置了各种公共设施，广场上的各种要素也因这条轴线而得到统一。70米的构筑物内部某些地方被掏空，不阻隔广场两侧的联系。广场的入口处为翻新的谷仓，往内走，构筑物一则有茂盛的普罗斯旺植物鲜花池。儿童区在靠近入口的位置，小剧场，游乐场，喷泉，露天聚餐处，露天电影院等公共功能后续展开。轴线构筑物的内切面用现代手法演绎了浓浓当地风格的普罗斯旺彩色陶瓷图案。

这是一个拥有亲密尺度，同时能够促进社会聚集和活动的强大公共空间。

▲ (left) TOWN HALL AND PAVILION 市政厅和凉亭(right) OLD BARN AND PAVILION 旧粮仓和凉亭

The main goal is to unify three deserted plots into a whole public square connected with the actual city center, composed of the town hall main square, the church, an old barn, a village house, an old wash house and the boulevard Perrier.First of all, the houses had to be demolished to create a direct connection with the town hall square and the deserted plots.

The old barn was renovated to leave a historical trace in the middle of the city.

By extending the axis created by the municipality‘s building, an architectural element is set up on one hand to structure the public space and on the other hand to organize some function needed in such a space.

In the continuation of the actual town hall’s square, the entrance of the project is defined by the new pavilion and the renovated old barn.

The long building (70 meters) is creating a mineral square followed by a botanical garden, old Provencal plants and flowers are growing along the square.

On the other side of the pavilion, a Provencal garden is defined by 9 trees and a water canal.

The pavilion is hosting activities and functions, beginning by the children area:  a small theater and a playground, the fountain, toilets, a covered space for party, open air lunches and at the end an open air theatre for projection, children shows or movies shows.

A modern Provencal approach: the ceramic colored pattern comes from a piece of ceramic founds on the site, as a testimony to the region’s heritage.

The entire urban project is creating several intimate spaces and foster social gatherings and activities. It is a powerful tool to help the municipality realize its social policy goals towards the citizens of Gignac la Nerthe.

▲ (left) MAIN SQUARE AND BOTANIC GARDEN  主要广场和植物园 (right) OPEN AIR THEATER 露天剧院

▲PAVILION ARBOUR   凉亭

▲WATER SYMBOLIC 水景

▲KIDS PLAYGROUND AND PAVILION 凉亭和儿童游乐场

▲ INTIMATE GARDEN 温馨花园

▲MAIN SQUARE  主广场

▲ OLD BARN AND SQUARE ENTRANCE 旧谷仓和广场主入口

▲ KIDS THEATER 儿童剧场

▲ (left) NIGHT ENTRANCE   入口夜景(right) OLD WASH HOUSE AND FIG TREE SQUARE 老房子和无瓜果树

Architect                 Comac (www.comac.ac)
Location      Marseille – Gignac la Nerthe
Program       Pavilion, Main square, Botanic garden, kids playground, intimate garden,
Open Air Theater, technical room, old wash house.
Surface       3000 m2
Client            City of Gignac la Nerthe
Budget         750 000€
End of construction   July 2013
Building period                         10 months
Landscape architect                 Paul Petel
Engineer                                    SLH – Franck Penel
Building firms                            DM construction, Paysages mediterraneens
Urban furniture                          Cyria
Photographer                            Philippe Ruault

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