Article source: SKOPE

The reconversion of the Mining Site of Wallers-Arenberg is in the middle of the Agglomeration community “La Porte du Hainaut” which is, at the same time, initiating and owner of this project.

The wish to mobilize this site for a project emanates from several points:

To rehabilitate and reallocate a site with very high historical and patrimonial value, classified as an Historic monument at the World heritage list of UNESCO, under Evolutionary Cultural Landscapes. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1360

Image Courtesy © Vincent Plutniak

• Architects: SKOPE
• Project: Mining site Wallers Arenberg / Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
• Location: Rue de Croy, 59135 Wallers Arenberg, France
• Photographs: Vincent Plutniak
• Collaborators : T’Kint
• Structure: SECA
• Construction : Bouygues Bâtiment Nord-est
• Techniques Spéciales : SECA
• Project Year: 2015

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