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Tractor project of Rennes Metropole

Project Development and Management, 2014-2015

Irina Constant

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La Courrouze

Timeline

Project definitions

Table of decision making

Drivers of the project

Process

Project

Promoting

Conclusions

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Project definitions:

- New infrastructure: Connect the area to Cleunay, Pilate and town Saint-Jacques-d

- New public transit: new station adjacent to metro station for train connections ‘Je

- Preserve the natural heritage of the area

“The planning policy of the state also changes its nature on the occasion, towith the decentralization policy. The state puts gradually the jurisdiction ofdevelopment in the hands of local authorities.”

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2002 Public open call

Call for applications

 Analyzes & Studies

Jan 2002 Open call competition submission,

Jury

Studio Secchi-Vigano (winner)

Mar 2002 Start contract

2007 Launch of the first phase of development

2008 Start the first construction

2009 &

2010 First deliveries of Real Estate

Dec 2014 End of 1st tranche

Timeline

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La Courrouze, Rennes, France

Decision making body:

• Vice president of Rennes Metropole

• President SEM (Mixt Economy Society ofthe Landscape and Equipment ofBretagne) – the 2 municipalities’representatives are involved

• Former Planning Assistant of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande.

• Director of project ownership of Rennes

•

Managing Vice President of the UrbanProspective Development

• Former Alderman

• Mayor of Rennes

• Former vicepresident of the Urban Travelthe Rennes Metropole

Not involved in decision makin

• l’ADEME (Agency for Environ

Energy Management)• The Cle (Council for the Loca

• Spokesman of Green Garden – selected by the majority ofof Rennes

• Inhabitants

• L’AUDIAR – Agency for Urban

Intercommunal DevelopmenFunding

• Rennes Metropole

• CDC (Caisse des Dépôts et

Consignations) program that

funds to invest in eco-quarte

2009

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Planning policy

- Historical tissue that be embedded in the concept

- Connecting the two municipalities

- Development of a new entrance in the city of Rennes

- Development of the public transit network

Design policy

- address the green building index

- Adapt to the metro transit ‘line B’

Guidelines

- The ’Green stream’ large open spaces with strong structure to urban spaceprivate spaces, semi-private and public gardens –more flexib

Participatory trajectory

- Workshops with inhabitants

- Workshops with Audiar (Agency for Urbanism and Intercommunal Development of R

- Workshops with planning experts to support management of future Jules Verde shar

developing the future Cleunay playground

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Proposed

infrastructure

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Proposed

Public

Transit

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1. Courrouze pole – co

services, transport

dwellings (4 to 7 floo

2. Woods Inhabited  –

patios from April to May

3. Homes in the Woods 

woods

4. Pole Mermoz – toget

an area of housing, offic

5. Pilate  – houses in “b

homes, equipment and s

6. Dominos – offices, sh

7. Grande Prairie  – in

dwellings into the opene

8. Les Terrasses de Lapublic spaces and pedes

9. The Gardenof Cleuna

10. Jules Verne. The va

park

11. Grand equipment. P

line terminus, allowing

develop because of the

Masterplan

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Adjacent

Project

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Life in the new neighbourhood

1st tranche

2006 and 2

2008: dest

abandoned

the future

Jules Verne

The Inhabit

"Casé Alté"560 units;

Homes in t

Dominos b

Germaine T

Pilate

2nd tranch

Pole Courro

The Garden

extension o

3rd installm

Les Terrass

Grande Pra

Pole Merma "large eq

Timeline

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... Related to citizensMarketing brochures

Press kit

Website

... Not focused on La Courrouze, but development of metropole

Agglomeration project

Platelet direction to economic development

Employment in region’s attractiveness

Communication materials:

to general public and metropole

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• The phasing agenda went hand in hand with the constraints of funding and vulnerab

succeeding

• Contributed to the dissemination of the Local Action Plan and other development s

• Phase one meant environmental, social and most important, economic fostering

Control and flexibility

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La Courrouze - Impact

Operation

• Construction of dwellings and homes• Construction of offices

• Adapt to the metro transit ‘line B’

Neighbourhood

• Inhabitants

•

Small businesses• Durability

• Green areas

Result overall

• Environment activists were involved iCDC – attracted funds

• Attractivity of infrastructure develothe city

Integrated the city into regional express

European Reference Framework

gave the possibility of developing aculture of local sustainable developmen

• the station of Rennes Metropoimproved in 2012

new services to host (hotels)

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Local Action Plan

Regional Express Network

La Courrouze in Rennes Metropole

A Project

Urban i

Ecologi

Controlle

PoliciesGuideli

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La Courrouze – Tractor project of Rennes Metropole

Agenda 21 Regional Integrated

Development Plan

-Mobility

Plan of

Rennes

-regional

express

network

Tractor of several

projects in thecity