Transitional urban planning: Etape 22D

The Etape 22D project is a place for collaboration and social innovation, and a testing ground for transitional urban planning in Lyon Metropole (FR). On five hectares of unused urban wasteland, the city demonstrated how it can quickly and temporarily activate and fill this space and its buildings with diverse activities. This implements public policies supporting economic development, emergency housing, emerging sectors, circular economy, cultural associations, active mobility, and the textile industry. The Etape 22D project’s large-scale demonstration site is conducive to a mix of uses, synergies and stakeholder resource sharing, in the centre of an urban renewal district.