Toulouse, France
Under studies
Compans-Caffarelli
Former Toulouse Administrative City
The cession of the Cité Administrative site by the State presents a unique opportunity to make a major contribution to the ongoing urban renewal project in the broader city center of Toulouse.
Client
Program
Area
Calendrier
Client
Bouygues Immobilier
GA Smart Building
Éclisse Promotion
Program
Transformation and rehabilitation of the tertiary buildings of the former administrative complex into a mixed-use neighborhood centered around a public park: housing, offices, retail spaces, and a healthcare center.
Area
44,000 m²
Calendrier
Competition won
2025
Originally a self-contained urban enclave characterized by nearly continuous built-up frontages, the site will now be opened up to the city, creating strong connections between its contrasting surrounding neighborhoods. At the heart of the block, a large, densely planted park will emerge, revealing and enhancing the site's natural heritage. This green space will extend the Compans-Caffarelli Garden toward the city center and form part of a continuous North–South green corridor linking the Canal du Midi to Place du Capitole. The redevelopment is structured around two urban blocks organized around this new public park.
The transformation of the Cité Administrative is also an opportunity to implement an architectural approach that engages in a dialogue with the area’s diverse styles, while reinterpreting key elements of Toulouse’s architectural tradition. The project is designed as a balanced, layered, and coherent composition at the neighborhood scale. Each building will have its own contemporary identity while adhering to shared historical principles: ground-floor colonnades, buttresses, structured window patterns, cornices, attics, and sun-shading devices. All façades will be clad in brick, accentuated by elements in white concrete.
Several existing buildings from the 1960s—of high architectural quality and already aligned with this design philosophy—will be preserved, along with the 12th-century ramparts, which serve as key structuring elements of the project. The site’s new program will integrate family and student housing, office space, retail, and a health center around the park, transforming the former single-use complex into a vibrant, green, and mixed-use neighborhood.
The project prioritizes low-carbon materials, bioclimatic housing design, and the removal of impermeable surfaces to support biodiversity and improve resilience to climate change.
The transformation of the Cité Administrative is also an opportunity to implement an architectural approach that engages in a dialogue with the area’s diverse styles, while reinterpreting key elements of Toulouse’s architectural tradition. The project is designed as a balanced, layered, and coherent composition at the neighborhood scale. Each building will have its own contemporary identity while adhering to shared historical principles: ground-floor colonnades, buttresses, structured window patterns, cornices, attics, and sun-shading devices. All façades will be clad in brick, accentuated by elements in white concrete.
Several existing buildings from the 1960s—of high architectural quality and already aligned with this design philosophy—will be preserved, along with the 12th-century ramparts, which serve as key structuring elements of the project. The site’s new program will integrate family and student housing, office space, retail, and a health center around the park, transforming the former single-use complex into a vibrant, green, and mixed-use neighborhood.
The project prioritizes low-carbon materials, bioclimatic housing design, and the removal of impermeable surfaces to support biodiversity and improve resilience to climate change.
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