IN SITU Paysages & urbanisme

EXPERIENCE For more than 25 years, the In Situ workshop has been designing and implementing a wide variety of projects, on all territory scales, and numerous spaces and public landscapes, in France and in Europe. The agency was founded in Lyon by Emmanuel Jalbert and Annie Tardivon, both graduates of the ENSP in Versailles. The […]

The Rhône River Banks project is recognised for the lasting strength of its transformation. A former line of car parking along the river was turned into a continuous public landscape, used for walking, cycling, sport, gathering and informal occupation. Almost twenty years later, the project has not lost relevance and shows it has aged into its promised role through a clear and robust structure: a long, open riverfront able to absorb different uses, flood conditions and degrees of urban intensity.

The jury also appreciated the project’s detailing and technical intelligence. Elements such as the mooring pillars, terraces, paths and planted islands still read as precise and durable. The project is also honest about time. Its authors acknowledge that further planting is now needed to strengthen shade, cooling and biodiversity. Importantly, the original design allows for this without requiring a new concept or major redesign. It can be improved through addition, thickening and care. This confirms the project’s deeper success: it created an infrastructure capable of maturing, adapting and remaining useful.

In the heart of Paris, this small emblematic public space of 3,900 m² is beautifully located on the right bank of the Seine, at the new bridge’s entrance, facing the Île de la Cité and close to the Louvre. This unique location, open to the south to the rivers’ horizon and in extension of the […]

In 2016, we were approached by a Ukrainian team of architects and city planners called Sprint 7, to participate in an invitation-only competition aiming to redevelop grounds surrounding a large, well-known chocolate factory in Kyiv. The project involved converting the beautiful historic Roshen Factory building, dating back to the 19th century, into new corporate headquarters […]

In 2011, the city of Rouen launched a project management competition to develop the low quays on the left bank of the Seine, between Pierre Corneille and Guillaume le Conquérant bridges, and to connect the Rollet peninsula. The low wharves ground had gone barren for the needs of the harbour. Then the activity withdrew, leaving […]

In 2011, the city of Rouen launched a project management competition to develop the low quays on the left bank of the Seine, between Pierre Corneille and Guillaume le Conquérant bridges, and to connect the Rollet peninsula. The low wharves ground had gone barren for the needs of the harbour. Then the activity withdrew, leaving […]