Tours Val de Loire Airport area masterplan, France Buildings, French Park Design, Architect
Tours Val de Loire Airport area masterplan, France
27 January 2022
Green masterplan for Tours airport area, France
Location: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Loire Valley, north west France
Design: Lafayette, in collaboration with KCAP, Etablissement, Elioth, Suez, Ville en ?uvre, Mint and E.Co

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Masterplan for Tours Val de Loire Airport Area
Zurich/Rotterdam, January 27th 2022 РAfter a year of competitive dialogue, the team led by Lafayette, in collaboration with KCAP, Etablissement, Elioth, Suez, Ville en ?uvre, Mint and E.Co, has won the 700-hectare masterplan for the area around Tours Val de Loire Airport in France, competing against two other international teams. The dialogue was launched by Tours M̩tropole on an inter-communal site surrounding the airport which serves as a passenger hub and until 2021 also as a military base. It follows the transfer of aeronautical activities from the base and the return of 200 hectares of military land to the community. This land offers Tours M̩tropole the opportunity to rethink the entire airport area, and to include it in the urban renewal process yet under way in the north-east of the city.

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The masterplan addresses a number of issues currently affecting the area. It proposes forms of urban development that accommodate a more natural use of land, aim...