From the Transformation of the Autoroute du Soleil to new Cultural Spaces in Marseilles

The A7 freeway in Marseilles belongs to the infrastructures built in the 1970's whose obsolescence is announced. The project proposes a contemporary reappropriation of this linear space which has a real potential of urbanity. The proposal is a sequence composed of destroyed highway sections and preserved sections in order to gain elevated vegetated spaces in the heart of Marseille. A major cultural building is planned to meet the urgent needs of the northern districts which are currently under-equipped. The project, in addition to its urban and territorial dimension, deals with a building that includes a swimming pool, a library, a cinema and housing.