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The conversion of old prisons of Lyons: a difficult implementation

Many prisons Lyon is considered the most unhealthy and most overcrowded France, were replaced by new prisons built to replace them. The most famous prisons affected by this are unsafe prisons Perrache (Saint Paul and Saint-Joseph) and Montluc prison.

La prison de Montluc

Prison de Perrache

Saint-Paul et Saint-Joseph ...

These prisons and closed, the question of their conversion: what to do? Demolish or reuse?

The question has long been asked and has fueled much debate both within the population at the policy level, at national and municipal levels. Similarly, for prisons Perrache example, a blog of "Rescue" was formed: http://sauvonslesprisonsdeperrache.over-blog.org where you can find all the decisions taken as and, the possible destruction in the conversion project. A petition has even been established, showing that the population feels increasingly concerned by the issue of prison heritage and the importance of maintaining it. For the case of the prison Perrache, the balance leaned over the side of a conversion that would change some aspect of the old prison, but would retain the whole and the bottom.

At Prison Perrache, the issue of demolition has been abandoned after months of doubts and consultation. These prisons will be transformed in a large campus. Indeed, after the launching of a state tender for the site Perrache is the Catholic University of Lyon, which fetches the heritage buildings in this prison.

Article by 20minutes : The state will sell the site for 25 million euros at the Catholic University of Lyon ...

"The 7,000 students the" Catho " will not be cramped in a few years. On Wednesday afternoon, the prefect of the Rhone, Jacques Gérault, announced it has retained the project led by the group SOFAD among the five cases still in the running for rehabilitation of both former prisons of Lyons . State will sell the entire site at the Catholic University of Lyon for 25 million euros. The sale is expected to be formalized in December.

"Some files were not complying, others out of time. The project stood Sofadi in terms of heritage, the buildings dating from the nineteenth century will be preserved and not destroyed as some had proposed, justified the prefect.

The filing of building permits planned for July 2011

In this rehabilitation program, 35,000 of 60,000 m2 will be reserved on the campus of Catholic University. The rest of the site will be developed for housing and student residence (15,000 m2) managed by the OPAC du Rhône and Habitat Humanism, offices and services (10,000 m2) and shops (712 m2). "It was not to a mall or a supermarket, "said Jacques Gérault. There will be mainly local shops. This project is part of a wider policy of urban renewal. "

The filing of building permits is scheduled for July 2011. And the work, expected to last two years, could begin in 2012.

Some patrons to finance the project

"A large glass roof will be installed on a portion of the prison St. Paul, star-shaped, "said Alain Lombard, Regional Director of Cultural Affairs in the Rhone-Alpes. And roofs of buildings will be fully vegetated. "Facades visible from the outside will be orange and yellow, partly covered by structures in aluminum and copper.

The prefect of the Rhone said that the project receives no state subsidy. The Catholic University, will react officially to the new Monday account including the sale of its current local places Bellecour and Carnot, and sponsorship to fund the move . "

Overview of the project will begin in 2011

This rehabilitation project could be one of the first major projects for the former prisons of Lyons ... the evolution and actual implementation of this project is to be followed very closely ... A reversal situation is always possible.

Sources
www.20minutes.fr
Some links to videos showing the most about these ...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc5hrl_des-prisons-a-vendre-perrache_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9r5qu_lyon-quel- future-for-prison-d_news