Renewal of the Beau Rivage site at Lake Guerlédan – CAUREL (Côtes-d’Armor)
RetourCompletion year 2007
Contracting Authority Guerlédan Federation of Municipalities
Mission Renewing the lakefront and creating a building (toilet, lifeguard premises, storage for sports associations), a mooring pontoon and a new dry dock.
Project Management Team Landscape architects and designers Laure Planchais (mandated agent), Architect Damien Brambilla, Consulting engineers NR, Light designers Coup d’Eclat
Surface area 4 hectares
Budget €250,000 exc. VAT (outdoor spaces)
Ratio €7 exc. VAT per m²
Elected officials wanted to give a new impetus to the resort, which had become dated, especially regarding its decrepit facilities and the lack of any hosting infrastructures. In parallel with the renewal, a hiking trail, accessible to the motor-impaired, was commissioned by the General Council (project-managed by another team from architects Lafon/Faunière).
The site was remodelled in such a way as to highlight the spectacular nature of the relief and its geology, and to enhance the specific features of the holding lake. Motor traffic was reorganised using one-way streets, while parking was moved at a distance in order to relieve the pressure by the beach, and to promote safety throughout this sector so popular with families.
The beach was extended and partly turned into a promenade complete with a small marina around a mooring pontoon and a dry dock. In addition, the renewal has provided a more lived-in and functional aspect around the restaurants. A new architectural reception facility (first-aid station, toilets, sports equipment rentals) provides the final touch.
Feedback (last visit in 2013)
- The development’s conditional lot, a vast prairie where they planned an extensive parking lot featuring substantial landscaping, was handed to… a surveyor! Of course, this new development did not trouble itself with obeying the initial intent, whether in terms of the design or the choice of materials and plants.