Mareterra Monaco Complex / Valode & Pistre

Mareterra is a largely pedestrianized district covering 6 hectares. It will enable the development of a new living space in the Principality. The project encompasses a lushly planted park, both residential and retail offerings, public facilities, an extension of the Grimaldi Forum, a small marina, public spaces and a central plaza, pedestrian pathways, and a waterfront promenade. Creating land extension in the sea is an artificial action. The project's design sought, conversely, to make the idea of gaining ground from the sea seem perfectly natural. In practice, this resulted in the creation of two ecosystems, one land-based, on the extension, and the other sea-based, in alignment with the extension.