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Toulouse: Everything that will change on the place of Europe

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A few months before the inauguration of one of the buildings on the site of the Place de l’Europe in Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc went on site this Friday, May 7.

Inauguration at the start of the school year! Under a light rain, Jean-Luc Moudenc, the mayor of Toulouse, visited the future Ynov digital school and its 4,500 m2 area. This building, under construction for several months despite the health crisis, is an integral part of the development project of the Place de l’Europe in the Compans-Caffarelli district. It will be the first to be inaugurated. The other two, the restructuring of the former military barracks and a building dedicated to coworking, will be done in the first quarter of 2022. The Ynov digital school will welcome nearly 750 students, more than 200 than before the construction of its new ones. local. Ynov’s objective is to create “a synergy between the various schools in the district and the campus”. For Jean-Luc Moudenc, “it’s a good job”. “We can see the uses and perspectives more clearly by going there than on the sketches”, specifies the mayor of Toulouse.

Projects for the after

During his one-hour visit, Jean-Luc Moudenc drew the outlines of future projects for the Place de l’Europe. “It must be said that it has never been too lively. We have to make it more alive, ”he began. The future of the market will revolve around DDE three points. “We want to make it green. The car park prevents classic revegetation, but we will consider it differently. It is also necessary to animate this place. The students who live there will need it. We must also guarantee tranquility to residents. This project will be balanced ”, assures the mayor of Toulouse.

If for the moment nothing is certain, Jean-Luc Moudenc ensures that “the inhabitants of the district will be included in the reflection”.

Almost 10,000 m2

The three buildings that stand on the Place de l’Europe will drastically transform the one that was the largest public square in the Pink City, the equivalent of two squares in the Capitol.

The future Ynov digital campus and the former barracks and its two extensions under construction on the square which will house the Student Hotel and its some 350 rooms and studios intended to accommodate students in winter and tourists in summer, will occupy half of the 20 000 m2 of the square. Leaving him a little over 10,000 m2. These buildings which frame the Place de l’Europe will revitalize this (large) space left vacant for many years.

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