A- I- Discovering the Centre Pompidou-Metz

The Amphithéâtre neighbourhood is an ambitious 38-hectare urban project in the middle of Metz, with the Centre Pompidou-Metz at its heart. From there the tour will continue to the Impérial neighbourhood, currently up for Unesco World Heritage listing.

Guides (thursday)
Dominique GROS, mayor of Metz,
Christophe BOTTINEAU, head architect at France's Monuments Historiques
Nicolas MICHELIN, town planner of the Amphithéâtre neighbourhood
Jacques METRO, manager of the Pôle Création et Suivi des ZAC at Metz Métropole, Amphithéâtre neighbourhood project
Laurent LE BON, director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz

B- Esch-Belval: a cross-border adventure

1.3 million square metres of floor area to be built at an overall cost of 3 billion euros; housing for 5000 people; and 25 public amenities including a university for more than 4000 students. How do you go about attracting investors to this 650-hectare brownfield side straddling the border with Luxembourg?

D- L - From plateau to riverbank: projects in Nancy

Join architect/planner Alexandre Chemetoff in an exploration of the Plateau de Haye, a new urban centre which is home to the largest slab-type social housing block in Europe and currently undergoing one of France's costliest rehabilitation projects: 457 million euros. The tour will continue with Rives de Meurthe, a flagship urban regeneration neighbourhood five minutes from Place Stanislas: a unique living environment based on the presence of water.

E- Art Nouveau Excursion

Nancy earned itself worldwide fame as a seminal Art Nouveau centre, with artists like Emile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle and Antonin Daum – and the city's architecture bears eloquent witness to the movement. A stroll from the Villa Majorelle to the Café Excelsior in the company of guides from the Eugène Corbin Museum.

Guides
Valérie THOMAS, curator at the School of Nancy Museum
Jérome PERRIN, in charge of the Villa Majorelle at the École de Nancy Museum

F-N- A stoll through the 18th century

From the stronghold of the Dukes of Lorraine to Stanislas's Royal City, Nancy's remarkable architectural heritage is there in its streets: three squares with Unesco World Heritage listing, the Dukes' Palace, the Cordeliers Church and Monastery, etc.

Guides (thursday)
Alain BARBILLON, honorary director of town planning for the city of Nancy

Guides (friday)
Alain BARBILLON, honorary director of town planning for the city of Nancy
Pierre-Yves CAILLAULT, head architect at France's Monuments Historiques

G- O- Saint-Gobain-Pont-à-Mousson : 150 years of industry and innovation

A look at the historic Saint-Gobain site in Pont-à-Mousson, dating back over 150 years and belonging to a company now employing 260,000 people around the world. Complete with blast furnaces, centrifugation, test facility, research centre, etc.

Guide
Sébastien SAUVAGE, Communications Director at Saint- Gobain–Pont-à-Mousson

H- The sodium circuit

Europe's largest producers of soda ash, the Novacarb and Solvay plants in Nancy have made a move into the alternative energy field, with a focus on promising new markets.

M- From Art Nouveau to architecture by Jean Prouvé

Nancy earned itself worldwide fame as a seminal Art Nouveau centre, with artists like Emile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle and Antonin Daum. The city's architecture bears witness to the movement and its scope with the Daum Room in the Museum of Fine Arts, the Villa Majorelle, the Ecole de Nancy Museum, the Maison Prouvé and the school of architecture.

Guides
Catherine COLEY
Vincent BRADEL
and Gilles MARSEILLE
teachers at the Nancy School of Architecture

J- Luxembourg City and the Kirchberg Plateau

First a tour of the Old Town, then a visit to the Kirchberg Plateau, a 360-hectare urban site that is home to such spectacular architectural achievements as the Court of Justice of European Communities, the Philharmonic Concert Hall and the MUDAM, the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean.

P- Eiffel: transformation of an industrial site

They're European and world leaders. They're growth and performance champions. They've opted for setting up in Nancy, on the site that produced all the steel components for the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.

K- The rebirth of the Château des Lumières

A tour of Europe's biggest heritage venture: the rebuilding of the Château de Lunéville, ravaged by fire on 2 January 2003. The goal is to recreate the original 18th-century castle, with an emphasis on the crafts and craftsmen involved.

Guides
Pierre-Yves CAILLAULT, head architect at France's Monuments Historiques
Yves RAVAILLER, director of the château site – Conseil Général of Meurthe et Moselle
Lieutenant-Colonel BRISSAUD, Établissement d'Infrastructure de la Défense de Nancy