Lyon confluence /

• Main Author: Casati, Cesare Maria, 1936-
• Format: Article
• Language: Italian; English
• Subjects: Combarel, Emanuel, > 1961-; Gautrand, Manuelle, > 1961-; Gautier, Pierre; Fuksas, Massimiliano, > 1944-; Fuksas, Doriana; Dusapin, Fabrice, > 1954-; Leclercq, Francois; Wilmotte, Jean-Michel, > 1948-; Desvigne, Michel; Concko, Tania; Vincent, Herve; Wilmotte & Associes; Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects; MVRDV (Firma); Xanadu Architectes et Urbanistes; Herzog & de Meuron (firma); Planificación urbana; Edificio de viviendas; Viviendas en bloque; Refuncionalización arquitectónica; Edificio multifuncional; Lyon (Francia)

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• A new neighbourhood for Lyon on the peninsula formed where the River Saone flows into the Rhone. Follows up a previous article in Arca (no 252, Nov 2009) to see how construction is progressing. Includes: Interview with Gerard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, by Cesare M Casati, p. 98-105; Ilot C: Le Monolithe, p. 106-107 [five architects have designed five buildings that include housing, offices and social facilities - Erick Van Egeraat / Emmanuel Combarel / Manuelle Gautrand / Pierre Gautier / MVRDV]; Ilot B: Lyon Islands (Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas), p. 108-109 [housing blocks with car parking spaces]; 'Saone Park', Ilots A (Tania Concko, Herve Vincent, Fabrice Dusapin and Francois Leclerq), p. 110; Progres newspaper headquarters (Xanadu), p. 111; Batiment des Douanes (Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Wilmotte & Associes), p. 112 [Customs building, conversion and rehabilitation for use as commercial spaces and art galleries]; Phase II of the Lyon Confluence (Herzog & de Meuron with Michel Desvigne), p. 113-115.