GENEVE, EUROMETROPOLE
Type: University workSize: Urban planning
Location: Geneva, CH
Team: Studio SPAA ENSAL
Date: February 2012
Through this exercise, we propose a territorial vision for Geneva at the 2030 horizon, which plans a growth of 200.000 inhabitants, 100.000 jobs and 50.000 houses on the land.
What is special about the cities axis Geneva-Bellegarde is its urbanity which developed itself diffusely, coextensive with the territory. The town-country relationship was reversed and it is the city that surrounds the "countryside". In the case of Geneva, it creates a special relationship with the major geographic features such as the Rhone river and the Jura or Saleve mountains. These large entities are included in a new urbanity and can become a driving force for its transformation, and the establishment of a balanced ratio between Geneva and his city.
Inside the problematic of living in this territory, it is important to exploit the specific potential of a hedonistic report to the territory of Geneva, where the geographical feature is giving a high value to the quality of life. We therefore choose to not consider the density as the main entrance to the question, but rather the values of the context amenities related to it.