LUCI City under Microscope in Marseille (France)
18 – 21 September 2013
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2600 years of history looking towards the future
9:15 From the lantern to the streetlight – a century of public lighting in Marseille
City of light! Marseille fits this description perfectly. Over the sea and hills, the “Sun King”, architect of shadow and light, is one of the city’s most beautiful attractions. But what about the night? Here, as elsewhere, light is required to move around safely and ensure security. In addition to this, it is also necessary to support the longstanding tradition of Mediterranean nightlife.
After several decades of hesitation faced with the difficulties of dealing with such a large area, public lighting using oil lamps was installed in 1785. This was replaced by gas lamps which unwisely monopolised the scene and delayed the spread of electricity which finally triumphed with the Great Exhibition of 1908. A presentation taking us through the history of urban lighting in Marseille – from the past to the present.
9:45 The first lighting master plan of Marseille
Alain Guilhot, Lighting Designer, alain guilhot lumière
The illumination of the Notre Dame de la Garde, the “Good Mother” of the people of Marseille, in 1997, led the way for many other lighting projects in Marseille in the years that followed: the City Hall, the Old Port and the Palais du Pharo in particular, the illumination of which helped to reinforce the identity of the city and enhance its assets and beauty. Above all, these projects were a starting point for a broader reflection in Marseille on light as a tool for the enhancement and beautification of the city.
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 The development policy of Marseille through an urban project
Laurence Deschamps, Deputy Director of the Urban Development Department, in charge of town planning and development of the city of tomorrow, City of Marseille
Marseille’s vast territory has developed with the economic and social vicissitudes of Mediterranean Europe. Now, at the start of the 21st century, it presents an entirely new face to the world, one that responds particularly to its role as a Mediterranean metropolis. This is the result of constant work aiming to improve the lives of its inhabitants, provide new economic and residential opportunities, renew public spaces, enhance its rich urban heritage, and preserve the original identity of city neighborhoods.
The renovation of the renowned Vélodrôme stadium illustrates this policy as it includes the revitalization of the entire surrounding neighborhood. Here, as elsewhere in the city, it involves optimizing the existing structures to ensure a sustainable future.
10:50 Euroméditerranée : the lighting master plan
Franck Geiling, Directer of Architecture, Town-planning and Sustainable Development
The objective was to create an attractive and balanced night landscape that would enhance the area’s heritage sites as well as its new buildings, and would be in coherence with the large-scale development of the coast. in order to do so, Euroméditerranée , which has led the development of this lighting plan, enlisted the services of lighting designer Hervé Audibert. In collaboration with the services of the City of Marseille, they sought to establish some key principles that aim to reveal the assets of the site, while taking into account budget, energy and lighting levels as well as the technical and regulatory constraints in force in the public space.
The lighting plan that is now being implemented has thus not only ensured the coordination of all stakeholders by setting a reference framework, but also and most importantly, proposed a novel way to design the luminous landscape as an urban scenography.
