In 2009, the Ateliers workshop focused on rivers as development project areas and key components of spatial planning. The 2010 session was dedicated to the urban/rural interface on the outskirts of metropolitan areas. For 2011, the Ateliers propose an in-depth study of a major landmark and icon in the Paris metropolis, namely the La Défense business district and the areas over which it exerts its local and regional influence.

The Workshop’s Leading Committee:

Christian HORN, architect-urban planner, pilot / www.rethink.fr

Maria BASILE, enseignant-chercheur, co-pilote

Daphné VIALAN, economist and geographer, assistant

Graphic designer: Emmanuel KORMANN / www.emmanuelkormann.com

Translation in English: Camille FAVRE

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Publishing date: June 2011, Paris

Copyright: Les Ateliers, 2011