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Start of Project 1986 Size (total) 110 ha Size Gare TGV Lille Europe 400 x 15 m Cost of infrastructure for rerouting TGV FF 800,000,000 (app. € 122,000,000 Cost Lille Grand Palais FF 430,000,000 (app. € 66,000,000) Completion Lille Grand Palais 1994 + Euralille, France When France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany originally decided to jointly develop the North European Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) network in 1987, the Brussels – Paris TGV line was sup- posed to bypass Lille with a junction sta- tion serving the Channel Tunnel on the outskirts of the city. Yet, local and re- gional authorities believed that an inner- city TGV station could stimulate the re- generation of Lille as old-industrial city. This vision was further stimulated by French laws passed in the early 1980s that promoted decentralized decision- making and redefined the role of state and local authorities, empowering the latter with new responsibilities on the ur- ban level. Moreover, the original Franco- British agreement to built the Channel Tunnel was concluded and signed in the Lille town hall in 1986 where former Mayor Pierre Mauroy received President Mitterrand and Prime Minister Thatcher granting the mayor even more influence in the planned development. As an ideal site already existed – Lille’s central station close to the old town and the Grande Place flanked a stretch of un- developed land in military ownership of which 70 hectare could readily be made available – local and regional representa- tives of the Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing- Villeneuve d'Ascq area and its neighbor- ing communities in Belgium started under the leadership of Lille Mayor Mauroy an extensive lobbying campaign for Eu- ralille. In 1987, the city was able to secure the location for the TGV interchange station and appointed Rem Koolhaas as master planner and chief architect in 1988. Moreover, the Euralille “Societe d'econo- mie mixte” was set up in 1990 comprised of both public and private sector interests to realize the project. Essentially, the successful bit for the Euro-TGV and its station was seen as an important precondition for the develop- ment of a new city district that would re- verse decades of economic decline in the region and revive Lille’s traditional role as a European center of exchange and communication. Euraville became an area made up of several large-scale structures including the Triangle des Gares (shops, offices, apartments, and a theater), the TGV sta- tion (with its two towers Tour Credit Lyonnai and the Tour WTC), the Espace le Corbusier, a new park, and the Grand Palais (congress, exhibition, and major concert hall). Resources: Official website www.saem-euralille.fr www.euralille.com Development plan 1996http://en.nai.nl/collection __research/archives__collecti ons/ready_to_use/detailready /_rp_left1_elementId/1_10292 1 Project description Croisé, Espace and Menu, Isabelle (eds.) 1996 Euralille: The Making of a New City Cen- tre: Koolhaas, Nouvel, Portzam- parc, Vasconi, Duthilleul. Basel: Birkhäuser. Meade, Martin 1994 “Euralille: the instant city” Architectural Review. December 2004. Critical analysis Moulaert, Frank; Salin, Elodie and Werquin, Thomas 2001 “Euralille. Large-scale urban development and social po- larization.” European Urban and Regional Studies. 8(2): 145–160 Newman, Peter and Thornley, Andy 1005 “Euralille: ‘Booster- ism’ At the Centre of Europe.” European Urban and Regional Studies 2(3): 237-246. Numbers: + On the crossroads of Europe Sources: Google Earth 2009; www.d-a.fr; en.nai.nl; Meade 1994. Project Partner “Societe d'economie mixte” including both public and private partners with strong promotion initiative by then Lille Mayor Pierre Mauroy. Project Components New Gare TGV Lille Europe train station Tour Credit Lyonnai and Tour WTC towers on top of station Grand Palais (congress, exhibition, and major con- cert hall) Triangle des Gares (shops, offices, apartments, and a theater) Espace le Corbusier New park This project profile was developed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) Emmy Noether Research Project on “The Urban Renaissance Potential of Inner-City Rail Station Redevelopment Mega-Projects.” For additional information on the project: http://megaprojects.metropolitanstudies.de
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Start of Project 1986 Size (total) 110 ha Size Gare TGV Lille Europe 400 x 15 m Cost of infrastructure for rerouting TGV FF 800,000,000 (app. € 122,000,000 Cost Lille Grand Palais FF 430,000,000 (app. € 66,000,000) Completion Lille Grand Palais 1994
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Euralille, France
When France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany originally decided to jointly develop the North European Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) network in 1987, the Brussels – Paris TGV line was sup-posed to bypass Lille with a junction sta-tion serving the Channel Tunnel on the outskirts of the city. Yet, local and re-gional authorities believed that an inner-city TGV station could stimulate the re-generation of Lille as old-industrial city.
This vision was further stimulated by French laws passed in the early 1980s that promoted decentralized decision-making and redefined the role of state and local authorities, empowering the latter with new responsibilities on the ur-ban level. Moreover, the original Franco-British agreement to built the Channel Tunnel was concluded and signed in the Lille town hall in 1986 where former Mayor Pierre Mauroy received President Mitterrand and Prime Minister Thatcher granting the mayor even more influence in the planned development.
As an ideal site already existed – Lille’s central station close to the old town and the Grande Place flanked a stretch of un-developed land in military ownership of which 70 hectare could readily be made available – local and regional representa-tives of the Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing-
Villeneuve d'Ascq area and its neighbor-ing communities in Belgium started under the leadership of Lille Mayor Mauroy an extensive lobbying campaign for Eu-ralille.
In 1987, the city was able to secure the location for the TGV interchange station and appointed Rem Koolhaas as master planner and chief architect in 1988. Moreover, the Euralille “Societe d'econo-mie mixte” was set up in 1990 comprised of both public and private sector interests to realize the project.
Essentially, the successful bit for the Euro-TGV and its station was seen as an important precondition for the develop-ment of a new city district that would re-verse decades of economic decline in the region and revive Lille’s traditional role as a European center of exchange and communication.
Euraville became an area made up of several large-scale structures including the Triangle des Gares (shops, offices, apartments, and a theater), the TGV sta-tion (with its two towers Tour Credit Lyonnai and the Tour WTC), the Espace le Corbusier, a new park, and the Grand Palais (congress, exhibition, and major concert hall).
Resources: Official website www.saem-euralille.fr
www.euralille.com
Development plan 1996http://en.nai.nl/collection__research/archives__collections/ready_to_use/detailready/_rp_left1_elementId/1_102921
Project description Croisé, Espace and Menu, Isabelle (eds.) 1996 Euralille: The Making of a New City Cen-tre: Koolhaas, Nouvel, Portzam-parc, Vasconi, Duthilleul. Basel: Birkhäuser.
Meade, Martin 1994 “Euralille: the instant city” Architectural Review. December 2004.
Critical analysis Moulaert, Frank; Salin, Elodie and Werquin, Thomas 2001 “Euralille. Large-scale urban development and social po-larization.” European Urban and Regional Studies. 8(2): 145–160
Newman, Peter and Thornley, Andy 1005 “Euralille: ‘Booster-ism’ At the Centre of Europe.” European Urban and Regional Studies 2(3): 237-246.
Numbers: +
On the crossroads of Europe
Sources: Google Earth 2009; www.d-a.fr; en.nai.nl; Meade 1994.
Project Partner “Societe d'economie mixte” including both public and private partners with strong promotion initiative by then Lille Mayor Pierre Mauroy. Project Components New Gare TGV Lille Europe train station Tour Credit Lyonnai and Tour WTC towers on top of station Grand Palais (congress, exhibition, and major con-cert hall) Triangle des Gares (shops, offices, apartments, and a theater) Espace le Corbusier New park
This project profile was developed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) Emmy Noether Research Project on “The Urban Renaissance Potential of Inner-City Rail Station Redevelopment Mega-Projects.” For additional information on the project: http://megaprojects.metropolitanstudies.de
