Batifranc, the art of restoring interest to a brownfield site with the price of brownfield site

For Hubert Cusenier, CEO of Batifranc: « This award proves that brownfield sites are not vestiges of the past, but fertile ground for imagining the future. The commitment of the participants, who came from all over France, demonstrates a real need to reinvent these spaces and give them a new function, in line with the expectations of our time. We can no longer design buildings for a single use. We must consider different temporalities, either contiguous or successive (day and night, for example) to maximize their use. »

Thanks to this competition, the former slaughterhouses of Le Creusot have been put back on the map and have once again become a source of collective interest. A successful gamble for Batifranc, which is now seeing renewed interest from local authorities and investors, convinced that these places in transition can find a new purpose and contribute to local dynamism.

• a bold architectural vision that respects heritage. "La Lanterne" offers a reinterpretation of the industrial site into a hybrid space, where a multipurpose hall, workshops open to the public, and a coworking space coexist. Its flagship element: a luminous steam lantern, a nod to the emblematic chimneys of Le Creusot, which transforms the building into an urban signal, visible from afar and anchored in its territory

• A brownfield site transformed into a circular economy laboratory. "La Manufacture des Possibles" is based on a complete ecological transformation of the site, integrating a market garden greenhouse, a recycling center, and a methanization system allowing energy autonomy. Much more than a simple architectural project, this proposal highlights a new way of inhabiting and operating a declining site, by combining local production, reuse, and environmental education.

• Transforming a brownfield site into a high-tech stadium dedicated to drone racing is the challenge of "Drone Arena." This project explores an innovative use of industrial heritage, imagining an immersive circuit that combines speed, piloting, and new technologies. A concept that goes beyond traditional architecture to make the Friche an international center of attraction, at the crossroads of digital technology and sport.