TEXT_The aim of the development plan for the northern zone of France´s second business airport at Cannes-Mandelieu is to create areas for business aviation companies and activities with light aircraft as well as a training centre for aeronautical trades.
The project is committed to both sustainable development and a high environmental quality.
A functional orthogonal plan for the movement of aeroplanes is combined with a landscape park which brings the various functions together in circular buildings. The structure of drainage channels, moats and basins of water completes a spatial composition whose very high quality image is in deliberate contrast with the surrounding commercial areas.
Cannes Airport, Cannes, 2005-2007
- PROGRAM_development plan and design guidelines for the northern airport zone of Cannes-Mandelieu
- LOCATION_Cannes-Mandelieu
- SURFACE AREA_9 ha
- CLIENT_CCI Airport Nice Côte d’Azur
- DESIGNER_Agence Patrick Chavannes
- ROLE_lead urban designer, design of general urban layout, phasing plan, estimation of development cost, design of layouts for each hub of activity, specific design guidelines, architectural and landscape descriptions
- PHASE_Study
- COLLABORATORS_infrastructural engineer: OGI / legal support : SCP CGCB / landscape design : Ingenieurs & Paysage