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The essential
Site name: Fort d’Entrecasteaux
City/Department: Marseille
Owner of the site: City of Marseille
Owner: Association La Citadelle de Marseille
Architect / Project manager: Isabelle Guerin and MATONTI-POLITI agency
Site: Fort d’Entrecasteaux (upper part of Fort Saint-Nicolas) dating from the 17th century and classified as a historical monument
Number of simultaneous integration jobs: 116 (i.e. approximately 250 people accompanied per year)
Beginning- end of project: Since 2003
Title prepared: Mason of the Old Building
Expertise / support for heritage: DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Eco-construction commitment
Our work is carried out in an eco-construction approach using the ancient know-how of building:
- Waterproofing screed in crushed brick
- Insulating screed with clay balls
- Insulating plaster made of lime and hemp
- Laying of locally made terracotta tiles
- Sifting of our rubble for reuse
- Conservation of old stones for reuse
- Purchase of French wood from certified sustainable forests
- Manufacture of wooden joinery in our premises and natural treatment of wood;
- Manufacture of ironworks in our premises;
- Purchase of lime, sand and stone from local sources;
- Use of natural ochres for our coatings.
And modern eco-construction techniques:
- Installation of floor heating/cooling systems powered by heat pumps;
- Use of cellular glass floor insulation and thermal break (produced with over 60% recycled content);
- Installation of low energy LED lighting;
- Installation of insulated, double-glazed, wooden windows
Presentation
The Fort d’Entrecasteaux (upper part of the Fort Saint-Nicolas), classified as a historical monument since 1969, is the flagship of ACTA VISTA’s integration and vocational training workcamps. Owned by the French Army until 2011, the first restoration projects were ordered by the City of Marseille from 2003 on the glacis at the foot of the ramparts (areas then owned by the City of Marseille), then on the entire site from 2011, when the City of Marseille acquired Fort Entrecasteaux.
This imposing integration and personal training site allows the establishment and development of an innovative and committed social project in the heart of Marseille, for the inhabitants of the region.
98 jobs are contracted per year on this site, with permanent entries and exits. Each year, this site enables the training of more than 230 job seekers from the region in the trades of old buildings.
Key figures
250 PEOPLE TRAINED EACH YEAR
2 out of 3 FIND THE WAY TO EMPLOYMENT
9 out of 10 QUALIFY AT THE EXAMS PRESENTED
Work sites and works
Many restoration actions have been carried out at Fort d’Entrecasteaux since the beginning of our intervention in 2003:
Work carried out and in progress:
- Restoration of the ashlar ramparts in different areas (Demi-lune Saint-Victor, Demi-lune de Villeroy, Bastion de Clerville and de Singhen).
- Restoration of the Demi-lune Dauphine: Restoration of the terraces, realization of waterproofing in crushed brick screed; stone cutting and laying of stones to be masoned.
- Arrangement of the Half-moon Dauphine and the superior bastions: Realization of pebbled calades, creation of floor, realization of interior coatings in lime and hemp, installation of terra cotta and solid wood parquet;
- Restoration of the interior and exterior of the military and civil powder magazines;
- Restoration of the roof terraces of the bastions and their development to receive the public; (restoration of the 19th century steps, restoration of the benches and gargoyles 17th century;
Future:
- Development of the northern gardens to receive the public;
- Crystallization of the ruins of the 17th century mill;
- Restitution of two wooden drawbridges;
- Restoration of the facades of the courtyard of the Haut Fort; Emergency work on the Fort’s surrounding walls;
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ACTA VISTA is an association of the Groupe SOS
ACTA VISTA
Fort d’Entrecasteaux
1, bd Charles Livon 13007 Marseille France
Phone : +33 (0)4 91 72 79 00
Fax : +33 (0)4 91 72 44 82
Email : contact@actavista.fr