A reference and guidance document
Presentation
What is the Grand Site's Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter?
This document was developed in collaboration with local stakeholders: government departments, elected officials, local authorities, representatives of economic sectors (agriculture, tourism, etc.), advisory bodies, etc.
The joint development of the Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter for the Grand Site de France made it possible to take into account the sensitivities, perceptions and expectations of the various stakeholders in order to collectively produce an appropriate document that guarantees the proper management of the Grand Site's qualities.
The creation of the Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter for the Grand Site of Conca d'Oru, Patrimonio vineyards – Gulf of Saint-Florent is part of ongoing efforts to preserve and promote the exceptional and unique character of the Grand Site.
The objectives
The Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter
The Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter has three objectives:
- Strategic objective: to strengthen the collective culture of the landscapes of the Grand Site, to recognise and share their value; ;
- Operational objective: to explain the unique features of the landscape and propose recommendations, tools and regulatory measures that can be directly incorporated into local urban planning documents, in order to preserve the qualities of the natural and built landscape and repair any damage; ;
- Educational objective: to support and assist both petitioners and the various departments responsible for processing planning permission applications in their decision-making.
How and to whom is the Charter useful?
The Charter is useful prior to defining a development or construction project. It provides guidelines and recommendations necessary for landscape integration, architectural quality and environmental compliance for new construction projects within the Grand Site area.
- For elected officials wishing to develop a development or construction project, the Charter is useful from the very first discussions and considerations surrounding it. It aids decision-making and serves as a reminder of the strategy for preserving landscapes and promoting an architectural identity specific to the Grand Site. It sets out the general principles of development and construction that are adapted to the exceptional characteristics of the Grand Site and which, therefore, must guide the design of the project.
- For residents and project developers in the area, the Charter should serve as a reference document, to be consulted prior to submitting a planning application. Applicants are provided with action sheets offering step-by-step guidance on defining and designing their project. It facilitates communication with the relevant authorities by establishing a common vocabulary.
- For the various training departments, the Charter serves as a technical reference framework for objectively assessing the consistency and integration of the project.
The role and importance of the Charter
A strategic tool
The Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter is the Joint Association's strategic and pre-operational tool that enables and facilitates the implementation of the Grand Site management plan. The Charter's role is to:
- Know and share the elements and composition that make up the qualities of the Grand Site; ;
- Supporting and advising project leaders in the early stages of their projects; ;
- Guiding and achieving while preserving and promoting heritage; ;
- Passing on and continuing the history of Conca d'Oru, now recognised as a Grand Site de France.
The Charter offers the following benefits:
- Understanding the fundamentals of the landscape, architectural and environmental features of the Grand Site; ;
- Capture, in space and time, the developments, issues and challenges involved in preserving and promoting heritage qualities; ;
- Provide food for thought and define a landscaping project for the development of the territory; ;
- Achieve a shared vision for the future of the Grand Site; ;
- Bringing coherence to individual and collective initiatives, both public and private.
A pledge
The Charter is a moral commitment. Like an orchestra, it represents the musical score guiding the tempo, rhythm, nuance and emotion played by all the musicians. Without it, the result would be general cacophony.
Through the Charter, each stakeholder in the Grand Site area undertakes to respect the management principles at the level of their project, its location and setting, as well as its place in the overall picture represented by the exceptional landscape of the Grand Site. This commitment guarantees the preservation and enhancement of the area's unique landscape, architectural and environmental features.
The elected representatives of the Grand Site communities undertake to:
- Promote awareness of the Charter; ;
- Make the Charter the strategic and technical reference document for preserving and promoting the identity of the Grand Site; ;
- Incorporate the recommendations of the Charter into local urban planning documents; ;
- Take into account the recommendations of the Charter when defining development and construction projects; ;
- Promote the recommendations of the Charter in comments on development and construction projects; ;
- Monitor and evaluate the proper implementation of the Charter; ;
- Make any necessary amendments to the document to maintain and enhance the landscape and heritage characteristics of the Grand Site.
The approach
By disseminating and using the Charter, each of the partners involved in the initiative, according to their level of action and specific missions, contributes to preserving and improving the unique landscape, architectural and environmental features of this exceptional region.
The documents
which make up the Charter
The various documents that make up the Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter were drawn up in consultation with local elected representatives and partners. They correspond to the stages of work leading up to the Charter.
Diagnosis and challenges facing the region
The diagnosis highlights the unique landscape base, shaped like a conch shell, and the quality of the natural, cultivated and built-up areas that coexist harmoniously. It also puts into perspective the challenges to be met in order to preserve and sustainably enhance the landscape and cultural characteristics of the Grand Site. The assessment is a necessary prerequisite for defining a suitable landscape project that is shared by the stakeholders who manage, inhabit and animate it.
The Charter's landscaping project
The landscaping project is the central element that establishes the management principles for preserving and enhancing the landscape, architectural and environmental qualities of the Grand Site.
The landscaping project sets out the strategy adopted for managing the Grand Site area. This strategy is in line with the principles of sustainable development, preserving the spirit of the place and complying with the legislative and regulatory framework in force.
The landscaping project outlined in the Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter for the Grand Site de Conca d'Oru, Patrimonio vineyard – Gulf of Saint-Florent is based on four management principles:
- Preserve the symbolic and emblematic landforms from any damage to their physical characteristics and their structuring role in the landscape of the Grand Site; ;
- Creating a high-quality agricultural landscape by supporting the development of viticulture while promoting the diversification of agricultural crops; ;
- Integrate urban forms into the landscape and strengthen architectural identity by controlling urban sprawl and promoting an architectural vocabulary suited to the heritage characteristics of the Grand Site. ;
- Limit environmental risks and, in particular, improve fire risk management.
The management principles are the guiding thread of the landscaping project. They set out the strategy adopted for the future management of the Grand Site area. The strategy is based on five guidelines:
- Convey emotion by affirming the identity of the major site; ;
- Maintaining agricultural and wine-growing balance; ;
- Optimise natural risk management by preserving ecological continuity and natural spaces; ;
- Enhancing architectural and landscape qualities and managing village dynamics; ;
- Implement the landscaping project through the landscaping, architectural and environmental charter and its application in urban planning documents.
The cartographic atlas
The cartographic atlas provides a spatialised view of the issues at stake and the strategy to be implemented.
The action programme
The action programme is a guideline that should serve as a basis for reflection when designing projects, regardless of their purpose and scope.
It also serves as a repository of ideas and examples tailored to the characteristics of the Grand Site in terms of space and landscape management, construction and renovation, and public space development. This means that the action programme is primarily a methodological reference framework, a combination of best practices to be followed.
The action programme is intended to:
- Showcase best practices in agricultural land use planning, natural space preservation, ecological continuity maintenance and restoration, natural and technological risk management, as well as urban expansion, heritage restoration and new construction. ;
- Inform project leaders and the various investigating departments involved in the Grand Site area about the operations, processes and materials that are best suited to its characteristics; ;
- Disseminating specific vocabulary and culture for controlled, consistent and sustainable space management; ;
- Support private and public initiatives to develop aesthetic, identity-based and eco-responsible projects.
The action programme of the Landscape, Architectural and Environmental Charter of the Grand Site de France Conca d'Oru, Patrimonio vineyard – Gulf of Saint-Florent comprises 44 action sheets, each dealing with a specific subject while complementing the others.
The technical guide to architectural and landscaping recommendations
The architectural and landscaping recommendations guide presents, as precisely and clearly as possible, the principles to be adopted in the construction process so that the building blends in as well as possible with the local culture, architecture, urban form and landscape. In terms of landscaping, the guide also suggests a range of plants. This guide to architectural and landscaping recommendations aims to make everyone a player in preserving the spirit of the place and improving the living environment.