Thrills and spills at Stella Plage. Skate Park by Espace Libre
19/11/2023.
[Cucq - Pas-de-Calais] France
metalocus, ADELA BONAS, ANA GARCÍA LUJÁN
metalocus, ADELA BONAS, ANA GARCÍA LUJÁN
The studio Espace Libre has been in charge of the construction of a new Skate park on Stella Plage between Place de l'Etoile and the seafront, in Cucq, a commune in the department of Pas-de- Calais in the Hauts-de-France region, France.
The intervention consists of 3,000 square meters and contributes to the development of Stella Plage by being located at the crossroads between Place de l'étoile, the ecological corridors along the Cours des Champs Elysées, a housing program between Place de l'étoile and the Promenade, and the streets that connect with the dune landscape.
The intervention consists of 3,000 square meters and contributes to the development of Stella Plage by being located at the crossroads between Place de l'étoile, the ecological corridors along the Cours des Champs Elysées, a housing program between Place de l'étoile and the Promenade, and the streets that connect with the dune landscape.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
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The new Skate park was designed by the Espace Libre studio as a continuity of the surrounding programs, which is why it welcomes bicycles, scooters, skateboards and skates to circulate freely through the facilities and even integrates a small climbing wall and a basketball hoop.
The reference to the place and the integration with the environment are materialized with the generation of curves in the concrete that blend in with the maritime landscape and the dunes of the place while resolving a double circulation of pedestrians and skateboarders.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
Description of project by Espace Libre
In 2022, landscape and urban planning studio Espace Libre delivered a Skate Park perfectly integrated into the urban and landscaped development of Stella Plage in Cucq (Pas-de-Calais).
Between Place de l’Étoile and the seafront, the new 3,000m² facility is part of the wider development of Stella Plage: redesign of Place de l’Etoile, creation of ecological corridors along the Cours des Champs Elysées, and a housing program between Place de l’Etoile and the seafront. This area also includes the seafront, a residential neighborhood to the south of the Skate Parc, adjacent streets that connect to the great landscape of the dunes, and a parking lot... The new facility is located at the exact crossroads of all these programs.
Skate Park by Espace Libre. Photograph by Julien Falsimagne.
The agency therefore conceived the space as a park in continuity with the peripheral facilities, including a mini climbing wall and a basketball hoop, the imaginary sea and dunes having shaped the suppleness of the concrete curves.
Open to scooters, skateboards, bicycles, rollerblades, and other gliding enthusiasts, the public facility is not fenced off (even though users have to respect opening hours) and its design allows everyone to roam freely.
Delivered in April 2022, a landscape project as much as an architectural one, the Cucq Skate Park takes on its full meaning a year later, the plants have found success and the lovers of exhilarating sensations have resolutely appropriated the track.
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Architects
Client
Mairie de Cucq.
Area
2,900 sqm.
Dates
April 2022.
Location
62780 Stella Plage in Cucq, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Budget
€350,000 excluding VAT for the project.
Photography
Maxime Saïsse. Espace Libre
Espace Libre is a landscape design and project management office founded in 1990. The agency had a strong technical vocation. Subsequently, he developed his design skills, especially under the leadership of Maxime Saïsse, an urban landscaper, who has been at the helm of the company since July 2009. Today, Espace Libre is a landscape and urban planning workshop with skills covering various areas of des urban: restructuring, infrastructure and roads, bike lanes, promenades, parks and gardens, playgrounds and sports fields.
It is a team, made up of 10 people, who look after the design as responsible for the site and the theme of the site, in terms of green spaces and VRD. The landscaping workshop has a diversified experience that entrusts it with strong versatility and a great adaptation in terms of its facilities. It seeks to highlight the structuring elements of the existing landscape, make the spaces functional while enhancing the social bond, support the work of the project through a technical approach, highlight strong and centralizing spaces, thus making the bond attractive all of the developed sites.
Landscapers, urban planners, architects and engineers who are involved in the knowledge of the project for a global approach to the project that was part of the development of a territory, rich and complex. A contemporary country education and a reflection of various scales, the flexibility and versatility of this group allow a sober reflection on the subject of know-how in varied and complementary fields.
Until then located in Rouen in the Seine-Maritime department, the agency was established in 2013 in the new premises of the neighbouring town of Bonsecours.
The agency expands its scope of action by creating an agency in Hauts-de-France, in Lille (2017) and an agency in Paris (2018).
It is a team, made up of 10 people, who look after the design as responsible for the site and the theme of the site, in terms of green spaces and VRD. The landscaping workshop has a diversified experience that entrusts it with strong versatility and a great adaptation in terms of its facilities. It seeks to highlight the structuring elements of the existing landscape, make the spaces functional while enhancing the social bond, support the work of the project through a technical approach, highlight strong and centralizing spaces, thus making the bond attractive all of the developed sites.
Landscapers, urban planners, architects and engineers who are involved in the knowledge of the project for a global approach to the project that was part of the development of a territory, rich and complex. A contemporary country education and a reflection of various scales, the flexibility and versatility of this group allow a sober reflection on the subject of know-how in varied and complementary fields.
Until then located in Rouen in the Seine-Maritime department, the agency was established in 2013 in the new premises of the neighbouring town of Bonsecours.
The agency expands its scope of action by creating an agency in Hauts-de-France, in Lille (2017) and an agency in Paris (2018).
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