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Glacis Park

Location

Besançon

Clients

Ville de Besançon

Team

Ateliers 2/3/4/ (landscaping) - SBE Ingénierie (Civil Engineering Roads And Utilities)

Nature of the project

Landscape design

Program

Redesign the Glacis urban park for the establishment of a place of memory dedicated to the combatants who died for France

Status

Built

Area

2 500 m²

Calendar

Completion 2013

Cost

850 000 € HT

Credits

©Nicolas Waltefaugle

Located in the heart of the Parc des Glacis, a bastion of Vauban fortifications, the remembrance site is enclosed by Corten steel walls that cut the ground just like trenches and revel the changes in topography.

A glade located in belvedere position, the esplanade enjoys exceptional views over the Doubs valley and the old town. The high steel walls carry with them the engraved memory of the soldiers whilst providing framed views over the surrounding landscape.

The site is located on a major traffic artery between the train station and the « Battant » historic neighborhood. Traversed by a very busy pedestrian way, this evocative space thus preserves history from all erosion, that of time and that of the collective memory.