Three methodological components drive the research: a referential component, a prospective component, and a comparative component. These three modalities constitute the “research by design” approach, where the project process becomes a concrete research tool that lies between theoretical and operational issues. Thanks to the notion of integrated design, which aims to exploring unprecedented links between the methodological rigor of research and the inventiveness potential of the project, the approach constitutes a real knowledge tool for architectural research.
Research by design
Methodological diagram of the research
Project-based visions
The project-based visions look broadly at the interactions between the urban space and the river space, intending to see the emergence of a possible “rhodanian identity”, beyond a renewed physical contact with the water. On each of the 4 rhodanian study sites – and in connection with the work carried out at the studio by the students – 3 project variants are developed in addition to the current situation, for a total of 12 visions. 3 prospective attitudes categorize the project-based visions. These relate to the specific contribution of the new neighborhood to the nature of the spatial relationships between the urban fabric of the existing city and the landscape area of the river.
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Posters of the 4 Rhodanie Urbaine project studios.
