« The French ZACs, Ritratto di un’epoca », article dans « Domus », 2019
The ZACs are a planning instrument embodying the transition from collage city to bricolage city. Coded classifications of territorial units abound in the French language. These include the ZAC (Mixed Development Zone) which replaced the ZUP (Priority Urbanisation Zone, 1959-1967) following the 1967 Property Law. Along the same lines as ZUPs, Mixed Development Zones are those where “a mandated public body or public institution decides […]