Overview a Region on the Move
OVERVIEW A REGION ON THE MOVE EDITORIAL TESTIMONY OF THE AGGLOME- JEAN-LOUIS RATION OF THE SUBILEAU LOUVRE-LENS, A REGION ON Locating the Louvre at Lens in the middle of a facilities. In 2019, it also joins the Louvre former flat spoil heap, near a pit, in the middle Conservation Centre at Liévin, designed by of the mining towns, under the watchful eye Rogers (Pritzker Prize winner, architect of the THE MOVE of the two highest spoil heaps of Europe, is Georges Pompidou Centre), a partner with For a number of years now, the Lens-Liévin city council and the municipalities that make a powerful statement that respects the past Stirk Harbour. The essence of green town plan- it up have taken up the challenge to revive the region after the closing of the pits with while writing a new chapter in the transfor- ning, i.e. bringing the cities, mining towns and a plan for developing the economy and jobs through the development of culture, tou- mation of the region that sets the tone for mining sites together with nature, has been rism and the quality of life. The incorporation of the Nord-Pas de Calais mining basin on its rebirth. The architectural work of SANAA restarted on the scale of the Pas de Calais UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List and the opening of the Louvre-Lens in 2012 (Pritzker Prize laureates) does not dominate its mining basin, with the major project of the are key steps in this process. surroundings; thanks to its horizontal features Chaîne des parcs (chain of parks).
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