Shifting blueprint
The Productive Remediation of the Dunlopillo Site
Mantes la jolie - FR
Context
Europan 18
competition proposal
Team
Despo Panayidou
Area
11 ha
Today, the site stands as an urban enclave, its skeleton of buildings and machinery a relic of industrial glory, accompanied by a remnant of a workers’ city to the south. It is a highly polluted, mineral island, disconnected from major urban routes and the beautiful landscape of the Seine valley and its lakes.
Schifting blueprint envisions not an erasure of this past, but a productive remediation, a sober, responsible, and local revitalization that builds upon this unique legacy.
The goal is to transform this site into a new destination founded on its identity, heritage, and existing resources; a place where productive development and quality of life merge to form a creative, accessible, active, and landscaped neighbourhood for all residents of Mantes-la-Jolie.