Le Vernet

A hilltop village above the Allier valley, Le Vernet is seeing its centre empty out: vacant buildings, public space overrun by cars. The project starts from daily life rather than heavy transformation.

Place Marcel Guillaumin, pedestrianised and enlarged, is organised in three sequences: a covered hall under the preserved roof of the former church, a new community room, and a planted square open to the shops.

A vacant building hosts a social orchard, intermediate housing adds measured density, and a pedestrian street links the school to the centre along an ecological corridor. A health centre and a salvaged materials hub complete the strategy.