David Chipperfield Architects . photos: © Simon Menges
Central Lyon is located on a peninsula created by the Rhône and Saône rivers as they converge. The southern tip – La Confluence – has largely been used for industry although, in recent years, it has begun to be redeveloped. The project involved coordinating three urban blocks with eleven buildings within a masterplan by Herzog & de Meuron for the second phase of Lyon’s extension into La Confluence on a part of the site that was previously a market. The wider masterplan had to be adapted to the specific area and programme, and strategies were developed for the landscape, massing, organisation and façade design of the buildings. This process required mediating between and coordinating with the city, clients, sustainability consultants, landscape architects and the other architects through regular collaborative workshops. As well as coordinating this quarter, the practice was appointed to design three individual buildings, one within each of the blocks. Continue reading David Chipperfield
