Arles, city and architecture of the 20th century

Summary of the summary

Foreword

Introduction

Arles in the 20th century: Urban transformations and architectural experiences
The matrix of change: the city of the 19th century

Part 1 - A city projected in modernity

I. Demographic change

II. The economic fabric

III. The birth of the contemporary city 

1. A century of urban expansion
2. Networks: equip and modernize the city
 a. Drinking water supply
 b. Street lighting
 c. All Sewer and Wastewater Systems
3. Urban Development and Beautification
 a. Structuring and monumentalization of public space through statuary and memorials
  - Building a Pantheon of Great Men
  - Monuments to the dead and structuring of the public space
 b. New public spaces 
  - Promenade des Lices: from the leisure artery to the administrative route
  - Place Lamartine
  - Place Voltaire 

Part 2 - The Arles factory of the 20th century: Trends and actors

I. General overview of architectural and urban production

1. Where are we building?
2. What is being built? 
3. According to what temporality are we building?

II. Those who build the city of the twentieth century 

1. Contracting Authorities 
 a. “Building Mayors”
 b. Other public contracting authorities 
 c. Private contractors
2. Prime Contractors: Architects and Urban Planners, Generational Stratification Essay 
 a. The architects of transition 
 b. The architects of experimentation
 c. Architects and Reconstructors
 d. Architects of the “Growing City”

Part 3 - A Century of Urban and Architectural Experiences

I. Inhabiting the city: the housing challenge in Arles in the 20th century

1. The First Century: Between Mansions, Picturesque Architecture and Modern Experiences
2. Reconstruction Operations (1946-1965): The Collective Dwelling Tested by Urban Reconstruction 
3. Forms of housing in Arles during the years of growth (1950-1980) 
 a. Social housing, an architectural and urban laboratory
 b. Condominiums: A Revisited Program 
 c. The “House of Architect”: a place of audacity of architecture and expressions of individuality.

II. Equip the city 

1. Administer 
 a. Public facilities: from palace buildings to temples of functionalism
 b. Technical equipment 
2. Educating: Schools of the 20th Century
3. Treat 
4. Gather 
 a. Religious architecture 
 b. Leisure Architectures
5. Exchange and welcome. The time of commercial architectures 

Conclusion

20th century architecture in Arles: an architecture to discover, a heritage in the making

Sources

I. Archival sources

1. National Archives. Contemporary Archives Centre (Fontainebleau)
2. Centre d’archives d’architecture du XXe siècle (Paris) 
3. Musée de la Poste (Paris)
4. Architectural and Heritage Library (Charenton-le-Pont)
5. Departmental Archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille) 
6. Arles Municipal Archives (Arles)
7. Tarascon Municipal Archives (Tarascon) 
8. Private Archives
9. City of Arles Heritage Service (Arles)
10. Regional Inventory Service (Marseille) 

II. Printed sources

1. Local and regional context 
2. Monograph Approaches

III. Bibliography 

1. Arles and the regional context 
 a. Historical Studies
 b. Monograph approaches
2. History of Architecture and City in the 20th Century
 a. General Works
 b. Dictionaries and Timelines 
 c. Historical studies
 d. Thematic approaches

IV. Databases

V. Oral sources