LILLE MASTERPLAN, FRANCE, LILLE, 1994
A masterplan of an entirely new city – a program of one million square meters – in the complicated urban condition of Lille.
In 1989 Euralille, a public-private partnership, conceived a vast program that will ultimately consist of + 800,000 meters squared of urban activities - shopping, offices, parking, a new TGV station, hotels, housing, a concert hall, congress accommodation – to be built on 120 hectares on the site of the former city fortifications by Vauban.
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AWARD

1992 Antonio Gaudi Prize, Olympic Awards, Lille Urbanism Project
FACT SHEET

Project:
Euralille Masterplan

Client:
Euralille, Lille

Year:
1994

Status:
Built

Type:
Infrastructure

Location:
Lille, France

Site:
Centre of Lille, 700,000m2 for phase one, 1,200,000m2 for phase two

Program:
TGV station, offices (45,000m2), shops (31,000m2), park (100,000m2), 700 apartments, 3 hotels: 4,3,2 stars, 6,000 parking places, Exposition (20,000m2), Congress (18,000m2) with amphitheaters of 1,500, 500 and 300 seats, rockhall 'Zenith': 5,500 seats and parking for 1,230
vehicles

Budget:
5.2 billion French Francs (3.6 private, 1.6 public)
PUBLICATIONS

The Lille Masterplan project can be researched further at:
The Netherlands Architecture Institute
CREDITS

Urbanism:
Rem Koolhaas, Donald van Dansik, Floris Alkemade