Entre conflits et synergies

Abstract

The transformation of the existing urban fabric in projects of urban renewal is the product of a negotiation process between urban actors with different interests. The choice to renew a particular urban area implies a bipolar reflection on the value of the existing urban fabric and its heritage potential on the one hand, and the actions and measures to transform the urban fabric on the other. At first view, processes of preservation and of renewal are diametrically opposed, which leads to the question whether the existing urban fabric should be preserved and valorized in order to transmit architectural and urban design heritage, or whether it should be erased for the construction of a modern urban fabric. This paper points out the connections between the issues of urban renewal and preservation by analyzing these processes in three types of urban fabrics in the main conurbations of France (i.e., the historical city centre, peri-central spaces, and large-scale social housing estates). Three types of representations (i.e., sentimental, economic and cultural) of the urban fabric are used to demonstrate that the relationship between urban renewal and preservation is not necessarily discordant but can be synergetic, according to the type of area under scrutiny and the extent to which the representations of this area are shared.

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