Urban planning, a vector of transitions.

An engineer trained in architecture, Franck Boutté is one of those who considers the environment as an integral part of planning processes. It is primarily for this reason, and to recognize the quality of his interventions in emblematic projects such as those of the Île de Nantes, the Moroccan cities and neighborhoods of Anfa and Zenata — with Bernard Reichen —, or Bordeaux Euratlantique that the jury of the Grand Prix de l'urbanisme chose him as the 2022 winner. But this choice is also due to the originality of his approach, which combines the rigor of the scientific method and the flexibility of adaptation to territorial contexts. Based on the former, he identifies the ecological specificity and energy profile of territories very early on through a matrix approach that guarantees consistency between scales; as for the second, it takes shape in the form of negotiated and co-constructed urban planning, mindful of uses, relying on the principle of mutualization - among other things energy - at the origin of new urban and territorial reciprocities. This work, guided by a constant search for resilience, sobriety and means to protect cities from global warming, enters into dialogue with that of the six personalities and collectives selected this year: Dominique Alba, Nicolas Détrie, Sébastien Marot, Claire Schorter, Simon Teyssou and TVK (Pierre Alain Trévelo and Antoine Viger-Kohler). Six strong voices, each in their own way, bearers of desirable transitions, for a Grand Prix which, year after year, explores the facets of a professional world increasingly resistant to standardization.