La Vallée Verte | MVRDV

La Vallée Verte, a residential project within the Bastide-Niel district of Bordeaux, combines angled forms of the masterplan’s “suncuts” with a verdant “crater”: a circular internal courtyard with an intense abundance of plants adorning generous terraces. Providing 70 new homes of varying sizes to attract residents in all stages of life, the project’s sleek white exterior blends in as part of this brand new, innovative urban district, while the inner courtyard offers a distinctive and secluded park-like space in which residents and visitors can relax.

Facts

Project Name: La Vallée Verte

Location: 100 Quai des Queyries, 33100 Bordeaux, France

Year: 2016 - 2024

Client: PICHET Promotion

Size and Programme: 5250 sqm, 70 housing units, restaurant, retail

Credits

Architect: MVRDV

Founding Partner in charge: Winy Maas

Partner: Bertrand Schippan

Design Team: Antoine Muller, Nicolas Land, Charlotte Kientz, Kamile Malinauskaite, Marie Saladin, Nils Christa, Sylvain Totaro, Mickael Pors, Davide Salamino, Javier Cuenca Solana, Quentin Aubry, Karolina Szostkiewicz, Chiara Cappelluti, Erik Obando, Gabrielle Evain, Sabin Andrei Zapareniuc, Céline Haghbin

Business Development: Jan Knikker

Copyright: MVRDV Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries

Collaborators

Co-architect: ADVENTO, Bordeaux, France

Contractor: Ramery, Pyrenees Charpentes, Labastère, ATE Alu, Bers33

Project coordination, Structural engineer, MEP, Cost calculation: ECOTECH

Landscape architect: A+R Paysage (Rémi Salles)

Environmental advisor: ADER ECO