The missing link - a new railroad line between Colmar and Freiburg im Breisgau

Colmar-Neuf-Brisach railway line – © Dominik Neidinger
The work of Master 2 students who attended the P904 project workshop in 2024-2025, under the guidance of teachers Christian Horn and Quentin Le Norment, is on show at the 25th edition of the “Les Journées de l’architecture | Die Architekturtage” festival, organized by the Franco-German association Maison européenne de l’architecture – Rhin supérieur (MEA).
A group exhibition showcases their work, as well as that of students from ENSA Grenoble and ENSA Strasbourg.
The exhibition explores the evolution of towns, villages and landscapes, as well as the potential for urban development around existing and future stations. Drawings, illustrations and models highlight the rehabilitation of existing buildings, the densification of station districts, the revitalization of villages and the transformation of landscapes along the railroad line from Colmar to Breisach am Rhein. The interventions imagined by the students vividly illustrate the challenges facing this cross-border territory of the Upper Rhine.
The vernissage, followed by a round-table discussion with local players, will take place on Friday October 17 at 5.30pm. Free admission.
Founded in 2000, the Journées de l’architecture | Die Architekturtage has become Europe’s biggest cross-border architecture festival for the general public. Every year, they take place in some forty towns in the cross-border Upper Rhine region, with some 150 events in two languages, attracting up to 20,000 visitors a year from France, Germany and Switzerland.
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