SEXTIUS MIRABEAU OPERATION
Aix-en-Provence, France
Ordenació urbanística
(Planning, Public space, Landscaping, Infrastructure, )
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Authors  
Oriol Bohigas Guardiola
David John Mackay Goodchild
Josep Martorell Codina
Associates:
Atelier 9: Guy, François; Inglésakis, Robert (Marsella); P. Siame, Jean (Aix-en-Provence)
Collaborators:
Anne Imbert, Hubert Cohen,
Client
SEMEVA (Mixed capital company of Aix-en-Provence Municipal Government) (mixt)
1993
Professional comission  Constructed work
Urbanised surface area:
20 Ha
Area of intervention:
20 Ha
Tendering:
Concurs
Client:
SEMEVA (Mixed capital company of Aix-en-Provence Municipal Government) (mixt)
Competition year:
1990
Type:
públic
Type of competition:
concurs restringit
Classification:
primer premi
Preliminary project date:
1992

Outline proposal date:

1993
Production project date:
1993
Start of work date:
1993
 
Plan for an area of Aix-en-Provence that consisted of sewing together the different urban fabrics of the city that had previously been interrupted by a great empty space of 20 hectares at its centre. MBM's work on this project consisted mainly of the scheme for the urban development of the whole sector, the urban design of all the public spaces (streets, squares, etc.), and the design of some housing and office buildings in the 230,000 m ² available for construction for private use. MBM also took over the supervision of all the housing projects carried out by other architects and the coordination of all engineering work, such as covering over the railway lines and infrastructures.
 
Bibliography:
PUBLICATIONS
- LE MONITEUR ARCHITECTURE AMC, no. 15. Paris, October 1990
- ARCHITECTURE ET ARCHITECTES, no. 1. Marseilles, October 1990
- SEXTIUS MIRABEAU. AIX EN PROVENCE. FULLETÓ INFORMATIU. Aix en Provence, 1990
- CASABELLA no. 572. Milan, October 1990
- ARQUITECTOS no. 119. Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España. Madrid, November 1990
- L'ARCA no. 47. Milan, March 1991
- MUSÉART no. 12. Paris, July-August 1991
- LOTUS INTERNATIONAL no. 70. Milan, October 1991
- WERK BAUEN + WOHNEN no. 1/2. Zurich, January-February 1992
- ARCHITECTURE INTÉRIEURE CRÉE no. 247. Paris, March-April 1992
- ARCHITECTURE MÉDITERRANÉENE no. 39. Marseilles, October 1992
- DIAGONAL no. 98. Paris, December 1992
- ON DISEÑO no. 141. Barcelona, April 1993
- ARQUITECTURA CATALANA AL MÓN (catalogue of the exhibition in Chicago), Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, Dept. de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques. Direcció General d'Arquitectura i Habitatge. COAC, June 1993
- THE REAL SPACE. THE ARCHITECTURE OF MARTORELL, BOHIGAS, MACKAY, PUIGDOMÈNECH. Philip Drew. Tübingen, Berlin, Wasmuth Verlag, 1993.
- LA REALIDAD DEL ESPACIO. LA ARQUITECTURA DE MARTORELL, BOHIGAS, MACKAY, PUIGDOMÈNECH. Philip Drew. Barcelona, Gustavo Gili ed., MOPT, Fundació Miró, 1993.
- SERRA D'OR no. 411. Barcelona, March 1994
- CONSTRUCTIE, SAMENLEVING EN OMGEVING. DE BOUWKUNST VAN MBM. MARTORELL, BOHIGAS, MACKAY, PUIGDOMÈNECH, PAU. Sebastiaan Gribling. Rotterdam. NAI Publishers, 1994.
- QUILLERY ACTUALITÉS no. 63. Noisy-le-Grand, October 1995
- SITUACIÓN. URBANISMO no. 3. Servicio estudios BBV. Bilbao 1995
- ARQ. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH QUARTERLY no. 4, vol. 1. London, summer 1996
- ‘Cosir les ciutats’. Xavier Barral i Altet. AVUI, Barcelona, 19 January 1999
- THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW no. 1231. London, September 1999
- DISEÑO DE LA CIUDAD no. 21. Madrid, December 1999
- ORIOL BOHIGAS. PASSIÓ PER LA CIUTAT. Various authors. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Palau de la Virreina. Barcelona. Electa, 1999
- BARCELONA METRÒPOLIS MEDITERRÀNIA no. 50. Barcelona, January-March 2000
- ‘Oriol Bohigas. Realismo, urbanidad y fracasos. 3 conferencias en la Universidad de Navarra’. December 1999. LECCIONES/DOCUMENTOS DE ARQUITECTURA. ETS de Arquitectura. Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona, June 2003
   Edició: 2002

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