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• Arles line
  • • A stroll through antiquity
• Aix en Provence line     
  • • Around the pavillon Noir
  • • Around the cités universitaires
  
  MARTIGUES line
  • • The modern provencal Venice
• Marseille line
  • • MUCEM / Vieux Port
  • • Villa Méditerranée / les Docks   
  • • FRAC / Silo
  • • Around the Friche
  • • Chateau Borely / MAC

This walk will take you through the highlights of the Ancient Roman city. You will see the vestiges of the Roman era, the post-war rehousing developments and the railway brownfields, with the city's history museum as our starting point.

Far from the Grand Projects, a Noble Approach to Architecture

This modest, simple complex proves that architects can infuse social housing projects with all of their artistry. At the end of a dead end, we find an incongruous architecture: a row of colourful "sheds" in shades of light green, brown, sky blue... Looking closer, the architecture's apparent humbleness reveals a subtle complexity: obliquely-protruding sheer veils regularly punctuate the facade, while a light concrete overhand runs along the length of the building horizontally. The wooden facade panel, while identical, slide out to reveal a window, or a door. This repetitive technical process engenders an eye-pleasing variation. The interior is Spartan yet functional, designed for a family of five to cohabit in a 30 m2, two-room space. Arles' constructions are the only remaining examples of Pierre Vago's projects, which were also implemented in Port-de-Bouc, Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Martigues and Berre-l’Étang. .

Architect :
Pierre Vago assisté de Jacques Van Migom et José Imbert

Year : 1954

Type : Housing

Address :
rue Alexandre Dumas, Les Alyscamps, Arles

Géolocalisation google 43.297292,5.361493