MARSEILLE Projects 16 Created 21-Jun-17 By Valentine Dailly, Lyon, CMA CGM Head Office Marseille, Zaha Hadid s office Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV Unité d'habitation Cité Radieuse Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Unité d'habitation Berlin Station Fourragere Unité de Briey-en-Forêt 5 Monaco Monte-Carlo Station 11 Vieux Port Pavilion 12 MuCEM 13 Marseille, Rudy Ricciotti culture, museum, theatre 6 Villa Méditerranée 14 Marseille, Stefano Boeri architetti auditorium, exposition space, installation, music theatre 7 Ensemble de La Tourette 15 Marseille, Fernand Pouillon commercial space, housing, sculpture, urban plan 8 Briey, Le Corbusier housing, social housing Psychiatric Hospital 10 Marseille, Foster & Partners canopy Marseille, Corinne Vezzoni bus station, subway station 4 Berlin, Germany Le Corbusier housing, social housing Les Docks Monaco, Monaco AREP train station Cambridge, United States Le Corbusier exposition space, gallery, museum 3 Marseille, Le Corbusier hotel, housing Marseille, Eric Castaldi commercial space, mixed-use development, office Colombier-Saugnieu, Santiago Calatrava train station 2 Quartier du Vieux-Port 16 Marseille, Fernand Pouillon and André Devin housing, urban plan 9 Marseille, SCAU clinic, hospital http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ Cité de l'ocean 17 Biarritz, Steven Holl s museum 1
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott CMA CGM Head Office Quai Arenc 4 13002 Marseille http://wwwcma-cgmcom/ In November 2004 Zaha Hadid was selected to design the corporate headquarters for CMA-CGM, French shipping-container company in Marseille, facing the sea The design consists out of a high rise tower with offices, and a low rise part with public functions like an auditorium, restaurants, a large aquarium and a maritime museum The blue glass façade, with 2 sloping slides, makes it 'elegant, fluid and sculptural' Hadid's London-based firm was chosen over two other Pritzker prize winners, Norman Foster and Christian de Portzamparc The 147 m, 33 storey high tower is also called "Tour French Line", to be completed in the second half of 2009 It will be the city's highest building, and first tower to be built after 30 years Situated on a small strip of land, wedged in between infrastructure, it is part of a large redevelopment plan for the Marseille waterfront: Euromediterranée Other high-rises are planned in this district, among which designs by Jean Nouvel and Massimiliano Fuksas Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2009 64000 m² Structural engineer Client Zaha Hadid s ARUP CMA CGM mabuse photo: Bjorn Utpott to see more on the development of this area, go to http://wwweuromediterraneefr/ and see http://wwwcma-cgmcom/aboutus/presentation/history/histor y3aspx for artist impressions of the design http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 2
photo: Michael Noordam photo: Michael Noordam Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV Aéroport Saint Exupéry 69125 Colombier-Saugnieu http://wwwlyonaeroportfr/ Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV (formerly Gare de Satolas) is a railway station situated 20km from Lyon city centre Satolas was designed by Santiago Calatrava, built to serve the TGV line from Paris to Marseille and opened on 3 July 1994 The dramatic of the central hall s superstructure derives from one of Calatrava s sculptures: a balanced shape resembling a bird at the point of flight The building is a steel covered cement structure Above the tracks, a 300m long passenger concourse gives easy access to the platforms and is equipped with several travelators Satolas railway station is linked to Lyon's Satolas Airport by a footbridge This first airport (historically) to be served by a high speed station Unfortunately, this proximity to the airport has not helped the station Lack of interconnexion with Lyon's urban transport network is frequently cited for the station's low usage The arrival of the LESLY express tram in 2009 will help this situation [Wikipedia] photo: Michael Noordam 7-1994 Client Santiago Calatrava SNCF Michael_Noordam 24 hrs walk, bicycle, car, bus, train, airplane http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 3
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Unité d'habitation Cité Radieuse Boulevard Michelet 280 13008 Marseille http://wwwhotellecorbusiercom/ The Marseille unité d'habitation, the radiant city was intended to "show the way ahead" Here Le Corbusier's vision for communal living and the needs and realities of post-war come together There are communal rooms, shops (also the "Le Corbusier" hotel), a kindergarten, a theater etc, and on some floors "rues intérieures" (interior streets) complete the internal facilities The "House", which is supported by 17 pairs of concrete stilts - these also contain the supply services - represents a whole town for some 1,600 inhabitants The basic idea behind this construction was to provide accommodation for many people in the smallest possible area and to leave room for green open spaces Le Corbusier has nevertheless sought to realize harmonious proportions and forms 1952 Le Corbusier Bjorn_Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott You can call the Hôtel Le Corbusier on +33 4 91 16 78 00, fax +33 4 91 16 78 28, or e-mail hotelcorbusier@wanadoofr Without a reservation you can see the building from the gardens and take the elevator to the ninth floor for the roof terrace By appointment you can arrange to see an apartment preserved and furnished as it originally was in the 1950s Arrange your visit through the Hotel Le Corbusier http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 4
photo: Thom Mckenzie Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Quincy Street 24 Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 United States http://wwwvesfasharvardedu/ccvahtml The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, designed by Le Corbusier, is a building of intricate spatial devices, carefully choregraphed movement, and revealing views It is Le Corbusier's only building in North America and one of his last buildings As such the building is a fascinating collection of ideas, architectural language and devices developed in Le Corbusier's lifetime, compressed into a complex building which reveals and explains itself to you with ease Elements from La Tourette, Marseille, Chandigarh, and earlier works of the 1920s such as Ville Savoye and Maison Ozenfant are visible Approaching the building from any angle one is swept up, under or into the building, leading to the centre of it as views of the different volumes and glimpses into the office spaces are revealed The exhibition space opens up before arriving at the full-height glazed walls of the studio, where the building is effectively cut through in section, split by the ramp and movement of people photo: Thom Mckenzie 1963 Le Corbusier thom The building is open from Monday to Friday, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon A gallery space on the ground floor is open to the public and studio spaces are clearly visible from the central ramp To contact the administration go to wwwvesfasharvardedu or call +1 617 495 3251 The building is located near Harvard Yard Take the red line to Harvard Square Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 5
photo: Anna Armstrong photo: Anna Armstrong Unité d'habitation Berlin Flatowallee 16 14055 Berlin Germany Le Corbusier designed several variations of the Unité d Habitation, the most famous of which is in Marseille, All were derived from Le Corbusier s visionary 1922 city plan, known as Ville Contemporaine The plan envisioned massive residential blocks set in open green areas towers in parks, bringing light and air to the residents of urban housing The Unité type was most notable for its creation of internal streets and accommodation of social and communal functions: kindergartens, medical facilities, recreational spaces, all within the housing block The Berlin Unité lacks most of the amenities (save a shop and a post office on the ground floor), but is considered unique for its more generously-sized apartments It accommodates 530 units on 17 floors The internal streets here are oppressive, windowless corridors Still, the building is in quite good condition; its hilltop setting, iconic formal qualities, and polychromatic façades are very striking (text from Galinskycom) Public access unknown! 1957 Le Corbusier jeooren photo: Anna Armstrong http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 6
photo: Corinne Vezzoni photo: Corinne Vezzoni Station Fourragere Avenue des Caillols 20 13012 Marseille Located on Avenue Caillols in the 12th district of Marseille, Station The Fourragère is the new terminus of Line 1 of Metro in Marseille since its extension the 5 May 2010 Pole multimodal exchange (metro, bus, car), the station was built near the future interchange of the bypass L2 which is currently under construction The station was designed by architect Marseille Corinne Vezzoni Very light (thanks to its natural light), it is built on two levels and has two entrances At surface level, we find the entrance, elevator access, a welcome point gtr, ticket machines and ticket validation area and platform access At underground, two wharves opposite flank the double-track station where trains leave the alternate 5-2010 Client Corinne Vezzoni Marseille Provence Métropole sa13 photo: Corinne Vezzoni Metro line 1 station: La Fourragère http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 7
photo: goa photo: goa Unité de Briey-en-Forêt Rue Pierre Giry 1 55600 Briey http://wwwlapremiereruefr Le Corbusier's fourth and last Cité Radieuse, located in Alsace, north-east of, although designed in 1953, it was completed in 1961 It is not unexpectedly more similar in appearance to the 1955 Nantes-Rezé model than the earlier Marseilles block With 339 apartments it is smaller than the one in Marseille (350 apartments) but larger than Nantes (294 apartments) It differs from both by reason of its rural setting and the fact that apartments were rented and not sold Floor area/size 1961 20239 m², Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Client Le Corbusier goa OPIHLM (Pierre Giry & Philippe Serre) photo: goa Mon - Thu: 900-1230 & 1400-1730 h Fri : 900-1230 h Every first Sunday of the month: 1400-1730 h Other weekends on reservation http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 8
photo: Christian Michel photo: Christian Michel Psychiatric Hospital Boulevard Baille 147 13385 Marseille Set on one of Marseille's main boulevards, the new psychiatric hospital treats numerous architectural and medical aspects in terms of urban integration The simplicity of the plan and the scale and treatment of the façade provide a unique solution, where visual and solar protection, continuity and fragmentation, are effectively united photo: Christian Michel Project is not public! Floor area/size 2007 17500 m², Urban planner Client SCAU Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille Marine http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 9
photo: Dominic Dirkse van den Heuvel photo: Dominic Dirkse van den Heuvel Les Docks Place de la Joliette 10 13002 Marseille http://wwwles-docksfr Les Docks are four former warehouses which were transformed by the architect Eric Castaldi The building is home to 220 companies employing around 3,500 people Various corporate headquarters, regional branches, restaurants, and services are located inside Les Docks is part of the euroméditerranée in Marseille, the largest urban renewal project in Europe which will strongly support the preparation of the city as European Capital of Culture in 2013 photo: Dominic Dirkse van den Heuvel 2002 Eric Castaldi Dominic_Dirkse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 10
photo: AREP photo: Nazar Leskiw Monaco Monte-Carlo Station Avenue Alsace 5 98000 Monaco Monaco http://wwwarepfr/en/#/projects/new-railway-stations/mon aco-monte-carlo-station The Principality of Monaco has a single railway station (Monaco-Monte Carlo) on the Marseille-Ventimiglia railway line The station was originally opened in 1867, but extensively rebuilt in 1999 The length of railway within the Principality is 17 km This means Monaco has the second smallest railway system in the World Monaco does not operate its own train service; all rail services in the Principality are operated by the French operator, SNCF photo: AREP 1999 AREP Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 11
photo: Michela Sala photo: Michela Sala Vieux Port Pavilion Quais des Belges 29 13001 Marseille This giant mirrored canopy called 'the Vieux Port Pavilion', recently unveiled in Marseille,, was designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners The pavilion measures nearly 150 feet (46 meters) long and is made of highly polished stainless steel meant to reflect people and the surrounding environment of Marseille's harbor Minimal, yet effective, this intervention provides a new sheltered events space on the eastern edge of the port With six slender pillars supporting its razor-thin profile, the polished stainless steel canopy amplifies and reflects the surrounding movement of the harbor, creating a spectacle that encourages pedestrians to stop and look upward 2013 Foster & Partners michela_sala photo: Michela Sala Metro L1 Vieux port - Hotel de ville http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 12
photo: Henk Heijnen photo: Michela Sala MuCEM Promenade Robert Laffont (Esplanade du J4) 7 13213 Marseille http://wwwmucemorg/ Located near the old harbor, is the new MuCEM, Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean, designed by Rudy Ricciotti Dedicated to the theme of 'Mediterranean', the building was designed as a multi-purpose container to house cultural initiatives, exhibitions, theatrical performances, musical performances, film screenings, occupying an area of about 40,000 square meters Ricciotti has designed a box placed on the pier J4, connected by a suspended walkway that runs around the building to the nearby fortress of Saint Jean-century The building will be open to the public in the month of June 2013 photo: Henk Heijnen 3-2013 Rudy Ricciotti michela_sala Métro : station Vieux-Port ou Joliette Tramway T2 : République-Dames ou Joliette Bus n 83: J4 LBrauquier http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 13
photo: Michela Sala photo: Michela Sala Villa Méditerranée Esplanade du J4 1 13002 Marseille http://wwwvilla-mediterraneeorg/ An exceptional building with spaces above and under the ground With a spectacular 36-meter overhang suspended 14 meters above the sea level It's an exhibition space with permanent and temporary exhibitions and above all a place of meeting and multi-purpose interactive features an auditorium, conference rooms and a documentation center also will be a place of cultural exchange between the shores of the Mediterranean art The idea that governs the project is to make entering the sea inside the building: the water becomes part of the project in an artificial harbor that becomes central space between the building and the underground part suspended at 225 meters deep The Villa is designed to be a place that has relations with the different landscapes that surround it (land, city, sea): the statement in front of the high walls of the Fort Saint-Jean sober, elegant, compact, and the facade overlooking the Mediterranean photo: Michela Sala 2013 Stefano Boeri architetti michela_sala Tuesday-Thursday: 12pm-7pm Friday: 12pm-10pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10am-7pm Closed 1 January, 1 May and 25 December Bus: lines 82 and 60, Fort Saint-Jean stop Lines 49, Fort Saint-Jean and Tourette Cathédrale stops N 582, night bus: Fort Saint-Jean and Tourette Cathédrale stops Electric bus between Pharo - J4 Metro: Vieux-Port and Joliette stations Tram line 2: République-Dames and Joliette stations Car: Vieux-Port - Fort Saint-Jean carpark http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 14
photo: David Weibel photo: David Weibel Ensemble de La Tourette Square Protis 11 13002 Marseille L'ensemble de La Tourette is part of the reconstruction of the Vieux Port Noticed very positively at that time by the Ministry of Reconstruction, the project played an important role in the further allocation of the buildings on the quay Pouillon himself wrote how this study marked an important date in the history of construction: for the first time an architect thought as both organizer in financial terms engineer, inventor and artist, and reached the lowest construction prices ever seen The building contains 260 apartments and shops and garages on the ground floor and is constructed almost at the same time as the housing unit of Le Corbusier, with a model apartment furnished by the workshops of Jean Prouvé Rejected by the Modern Movement, despised, criticized and imprisoned for his critical approach towards the building industry in the 1960s, the quality of his work and the validity of his thought are recognized today René Egger is associated with Pouillon between 1944 and 1953 photo: David Weibel 1955 Main designer,, Urban planner Artist Client Fernand Pouillon David_Weibel René Egger Jean Amado sculpteur MRU et Association syndicale de reconstruction du Vieux-Port by foot and/or car http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 15
photo: David Weibel photo: David Weibel Quartier du Vieux-Port Rue de la Loge 21 13001 Marseille Housing project for the rebuilding the housing block on the western dock of the "Vieux-Port" in Marseille, The area has been destroyed by the German army while retreating during last WW II The project team was headed by renowned architect Auguste Perret with André Devin and Fernand Pouillon as chief architects 1955, Urban planner Client Fernand Pouillon and André Devin MRU, Ville de Marseille, Association syndicale des sinistrés du Vieux-Port David_Weibel photo: David Weibel http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 16
photo: Cristina Lanz-Azcarate photo: Cristina Lanz-Azcarate Cité de l'ocean Avenue de la Plage 1 64200 Biarritz A simple yet very contextual concept "under the sky"/"under the sea" defines this successful collaboration between Steve Holl s and Solange Fabião in the beautiful town of Biarritz Conceived as an intervention in the landscape that extends beyond the built form, its main feature is a wave-like curved roof that divides space in its two main ingredients: a public plaza (under the sky) providing a vantage point with gorgeous views over the sea, and an exhibition space (under the sea) aimed at raising awareness on oceanic issues in a very interactive way The building is a great example where the role of the sea in our lives is explored through sophisticated technology but also first-person experience (so called phenomenology) photo: Cristina Lanz-Azcarate Floor area/size 6-2011 3800 m² Lighting designer Associate architect Associate architect Artist Client Steven Holl s L'Observatoire International Agence d'ure X Leibar JM Seigneurin AVEL Acoustique Betec & Vinci Construction Marseille CESMA Elithis Faura Silva, GTM Sud-Ouest Batiment Rüssli Architekten Solange Fabião City of Biarritz / Adim Sud Ouest Burutapen Acoustics consultant Structural engineer Technical engineer Services engineer Contractor 2 pm to 7pm Nov/Dec/March, 10 pm to 7 pm Sept/Oct/ Feb/April/May/June, 10 am to 10 pm July/August, Mostly closed in January, check here for days: http://wwwcitedeloceancom/en/opening-hourshtml http://wwwmimoaeu/users/vdailly/guides/marseille/ 17