Euroméditerranée

Euroméditerranée is the name of an urban renewal project begun in 1989 in Marseille.

History

The project was founded in 1989 on the initiative of then Mayor Robert Vigouroux. Was modeled on the successful transformation of the neighborhood around the station Lyon-Part -Dieu in a Central Business District of the city of Lyon. The resources provided by the French State, the municipalities and regions concerned, the city of Marseille, the European Union but also from private investors. The Treaty establishing a Etablissement Public d' Aménagement (EPA ) was signed on 26 April 1994. The project should be completed in 2012, but it is converted into a second phase, and adjusts itself to the beginning of 2013 more than Grossbaustelle dar.

It includes the districts of La Belle de mai, Saint- Charles, La Joliette et Arenc, and the Rue de la République. The urban renewal refers to a total area of ​​3.1 km ² in the center of Marseille, in the course of which over decades neglected residential neighborhoods ( with low-income, often immigrant populations from former colonial territories in the Mediterranean ) and others to be replaced by hundreds of thousands of square feet of office space ( " gentrification ").

Access is through the Marseilles metro and by the new line T2 tram Marseille. Opened in December 2002 Street Tunnel de la Major frees the redevelopment area from through traffic. A 2005 eröffneter passenger port for the booming cruise business it is to allow Marseille to compete in this respect with Genoa and Barcelona.

Along the coastal road Les Quais d' Arenc is the modern skyline of a typical waterfront development in the making: a 135 m tall skyscraper designed by Jean Nouvel should be completed in 2013 but is now laid down for 2015 opening, the same year as one of Yves Lion with 113 m above sea level and is one of Jean -Baptiste Piétri (99.9 m). Less high ( 31 m ), a Roland Carta designed for the group Constructa office building.

Is already recorded which is also created by Roland Carta event center " Le Silo ," a converted former granary. The former tobacco factory in Belle- de -Mai district ( commonly referred to as Friche la Belle de Mai ) was converted into a media and cultural center. Here also the municipal archives of Marseille and the portfolio holdings of the Mare Iller museums are housed.

Criticism

Criticism of the project focuses on the allegation that the previous inhabitants of the redevelopment areas would be distributed as planned. The union Un Centre Ville pour Tous committed to this disadvantaged.