{"id":22490,"date":"2026-04-02T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/bonnes-pratiques\/marseilles-france-a-landscaped-boulevard-for-the-city-centres-waterfront\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:44:59","slug":"marseilles-france-a-landscaped-boulevard-for-the-city-centres-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"bonnes-pratiques","link":"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/best-practices\/marseilles-france-a-landscaped-boulevard-for-the-city-centres-waterfront\/","title":{"rendered":"Marseilles (France): A landscaped boulevard for the city centre\u2019s waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Joliette Docks in Marseille were once separated from their maritime front by a highway overpass. They were filled with empty warehouses and abandoned railway yards. However, with the overpass demolition and the tunnel construction, a 2.5 km urban boulevard was created between Fort Saint-Jean and the CMA-CGM tower on the new Port-City interface. This boulevard, called the &ldquo;Boulevard du littoral&rdquo;, was inaugurated in May 2013 and later renamed &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euromediterranee.fr\/en\/projects\/boulevard-euromediterranee\">Boulevard Eurom&eacute;diterran&eacute;e<\/a>&rdquo; in 2015.&nbsp;The project was designed by a team comprising Yves Lion, the architect <a href=\"https:\/\/kern-architecte.com\/boulevard-de-la-mediterranee\/\">Fran&ccedil;ois Kern<\/a> and the landscape architect&nbsp;firm&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilex-paysages.com\/portfolio\/la-cite-de-la-mediterranee\/\">Ilex<\/a>. The new boulevard is 45 m wide, with&nbsp;space&nbsp;for pedestrian and cycling paths, and&nbsp;it benefits from&nbsp;the extensive installations located on the perimeter of the Eurom&eacute;diterran&eacute;e operation: the Mucem, Villa M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e, the Regards de Provence Foundation Museum, Terrasses du Port, Quais d&rsquo;Arenc, etc.&nbsp;The project, which stretched in its construction over 15 years between 2001 to 2016, allows the linear integration of the whole area while creating inclusive public spaces and revealing forgotten heritage.&nbsp;It was named &ldquo;Best urban regeneration project&rdquo; at the MIPIM Awards in 2015. Over the last ten years, the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille and Eurom&eacute;diterran&eacute;e have contributed to a sweeping transformation in the waterfront area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Additional information<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euromediterranee.fr\/en\/projects\/boulevard-euromediterranee\">https:\/\/www.euromediterranee.fr\/en\/projects\/boulevard-euromediterranee<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kern-architecte.com\/boulevard-de-la-mediterranee\/\">https:\/\/kern-architecte.com\/boulevard-de-la-mediterranee\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilex-paysages.com\/portfolio\/la-cite-de-la-mediterranee\/\">https:\/\/www.ilex-paysages.com\/portfolio\/la-cite-de-la-mediterranee\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detoursenfrance.fr\/patrimoine\/destinations\/marseille-le-nouveau-visage-de-la-cite-phoceenne-1042965\">Marseille : le nouveau visage de la cit&eacute; phoc&eacute;enne | D&eacute;tours en France<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joliette Docks in Marseille were once separated from their maritime front by a highway overpass. They were filled with empty warehouses and abandoned railway yards. However, with the overpass demolition and the tunnel construction, a 2.5 km urban boulevard was created between Fort Saint-Jean and the CMA-CGM tower on the new Port-City interface. 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