Best practicesCreated on: 2 April 2026

Le Port (Reunion Island – France): a permeable layout to restore views of the port

Goal 6.2

Integrating spaces and functions open to residents and visitors alike into port facilities, enhancing the visibility of the port and its activities.

Challenge(s)

How can the right balance be struck between the spatial needs of the port and city?

Best Practice

Occupied and empty spaces, visual perspectives, building heights, and volumetric shapes are all factors that can be altered to optimise the way port-city interface sites are integrated into the existing urban and port context. With careful planning, preserving and creating visual perspectives of the water, dock basins, and reclaimed port patrimony is possible. In Le Port, a master plan is redesigning the original port-oriented city to better connect the residents and port activities.

This good practice also includes objective 6.2 (Integrating spaces and functions open to residents and visitors alike into port facilities, enhancing the visibility of the port and its activities) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.

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