Bérénice Legros & Julien Laurent & Juliette Guissart & Pauline Laurent

Muralia, derived from Latin, meaning wall or fortification, inherently conveys a sense of collectivity, monumentality, and spatial extent. It differs from the word wall, which refers to a singular and more limited structure. Whereas a wall defines a boundary in isolation, a muralia suggests a system, an whole operating on a larger scale, inscribing space within a framework of continuity and memory.

The project engages with this lineage : it seeks to establish a dialogue with the retaining structure that shapes the site, both through the historical depth it embodies and its strategic position within the landscape. This structure becomes the backbone of a layered circulation system, reactivating neglected accesses and redefining connections both within and beyond the intervention area.

With a single gesture, Muralia articulates two spatial conditions: openness and enclosure. It becomes the threshold between solid and void, while orchestrating encounters between flows, uses, and temporalities.
At first, traversing the site unfolds through a considered movement enabling direct circulation while offering the freedom of choice, encouraging a form of wandering akin to the experience of a promenade. Access points are expressed in contrasting ways, alternating between explicit entrances and more discreet entrances.

In a second phase, the programmatic strategy is grounded in the existing context. The ambition is not to expand the built mass significantly, but rather to optimize and mutualize functions within the structures already present. From this approach emerges a guiding framework, structured around four fundamental axes: to live, to learn, to have fun, and to admire. 

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