Even though the future Nantes is being built every single day, Île de Nantes is a fascinating example of a place where yesterday, today, and tomorrow all coexist. The challenge of rehabilitating this urban space is carried out under the benevolent gaze of the Grand Éléphant: the mascot of a city clearly unlike any other.

Île de Nantes uses its industrial heritage to better imagine itself in the future. It is a living neighbourhood and, given its constant transformation, one you discover every day for the first time.

The first chapter in the life of this district begins in the industrial era, with its former naval shipyards and merchant shipping.

When deciding to write its brand-new chapter, Nantes called out to France’s most prestigious architects — Jean Nouvel, Nicolas Michelin, Lacaton & Vassal, Christian de Portzamparc, and Franklin Azzi — and sure-fire bets, like Barré-Lambot, Forma 6 or Tetrarc. Île de Nantes aspires to being a neighbourhood where creative industries are in constant contact with one another: communication, design, architecture, visual arts… This network forms a hub of artistic and cultural excellence that moves forward under the banner of a “Campus de l’art” — a creative campus that Nantes’ fine arts and architecture schools are actively helping to build. Île de Nantes is part of an extraordinary environment, and it never forgets its natural borders and the Loire River, which is constantly showcased and enhanced through the creation of bicycle paths or walkways along its banks. And its many parks, like the Jardin des Fonderies, Square de l’Île-Mabon, or Jardin des Cinq-Sens, all add another dimension to this district, which is perpetually being written before our very eyes

Under maintenance
Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
De Temps en Temps
François Morellet
Permanent art work
Sans Titre
Jenny Holzer
2016 edition, 2017 edition, Permanent art work
Ping-Pong Park
Laurent Perbos
2015 edition, Permanent art work
Echoes
Jocelyn Cottencin
Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
Air
Rolf Julius
Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
The Zebra Crossing, Regulations and General Directions
Angela Bulloch
2013 edition, Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
Mètre à Ruban
Lilian Bourgeat
2020 edition, Permanent art work
In a Silent Way
Natalie Talec
2019 edition, Permanent art work
Le Passage
Eva Jospin
2016 edition, Permanent art work
Traverses
Aurélien Bory
2012 edition, Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
Station Prouvé
2020 edition, Permanent art work
Psellion de l’île
EVOR
Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
Les Anneaux
Daniel Buren & Patrick Bouchain
2020 edition, Permanent art work
Invendus – Bottes
Lilian Bourgeat
2017 edition, Permanent art work
Trafic
Adore et Semor
2014 edition, 2015 edition, Estuaire itinerary, Permanent art work
Résolution des forces en présence
Vincent Mauger
Under maintenance from 3 to 4 April
2015 edition, Permanent art work
On va marcher sur la lune
Detroit Architectes & Bruno Peinado
In maintenance on Wednesday 5 April
2012 edition, Permanent art work
L’Arbre à Basket
Agence a/LTA
Museum
Maison des hommes et des techniques
Bâtisseurs de navires (“Shipbuilders”): a permanent exhibition on Nantes’ workshops and shipyards
2022 edition, Permanent art work
Entre-temps La Traversée du Solilab
Atelier Vecteur

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