The district of the Share-God , located in the 3° district of Lyon, is regarded as the second center town of Lyon (after the Peninsula). This district is the second Quartier of businesses of France (after Defense, close to Paris) with 1.600.000 m ² of tertiary sector SHON and 40.000 employment.
Situé on left bank of the the Rhone, it shelters the Shopping mall and the Gare of Share-God.

History

The grounds currently constituting the district of Share-God were composed a long time of fields and unhealthy grounds subjected to the floods of the the Rhone. They belonged at the beginning of the XVIIIe century with Mrs. de Servient. She sells them in Viager with the Hospices of Lyon which recover them in 1737. They are sold in 1841 with a barracks, the district of cavalry, which will remain in activity during more than one century. In 1926, the municipality of Lyon which wished to recover the grounds to build a new district there, organized a contest of architecture, whose prize winner project envisaged the construction of two turns. This project was not born however, because of opposition of the military administration.

It should be waited until 1957 so that the ministry for Defense is solved to sell these grounds. In 1961, once the completed removal, the Town hall of Lyon repurchases the barracks to resell it in Serl, developer of the operation. In the beginning, the various projects envisage to carry out a new central district, which would include/understand a cultural pole (including/understanding a library, a concert hall…), a commercial pole, a pole of private offices (in the condition which the offices are intended for the reception of the public, an administrative pole (of which an appendix of the town hall of Lyon) and residences. The project will change nature in 1967. Oream (Organization of the Studies of the Metropolitan Surface) decides to equip the metropolis with balance (in other words Lyon-St Etienne-Grenoble) of a capable decisional center to counterbalance the importance of Paris. This center will be Share-God. A new project, structured around a East-West axis (street Servient) is presented. This project envisages the creation of a station, possibility rejected by the SNCF. Small-with-small the project moves away from what was to make its gasoline. The cultural pole ardently defended by the architect as a chief of Share-God Charles Delfante and André Malraux does not survive at the beginning of the minister. There remains about it only the library and the auditorium, each one at an end of the site. The East-West axis is destroyed by the shopping mall which spans the street servient. As-at the station, it will be necessary to wait until 1983 pourqu' it opens its doors.

However Share-God is born, slowly. A gigantic shopping mall (120 000 m ², whereas it was envisaged 50.000 m ²) is born. Buildings are built painfully until 1972, then quickly the whole of the small islands (except for 2, of which is currently in construction) find taking.

Town planning

This district dedicated to the tertiary sector has few residences and is characteristic of the Urbanisme on flagstone, in vogue during the Glorious Thirty. One of the objectives of this use of a flagstone in particular consists in creating a clear separation of motorized flows and their parking compared to the other modes of displacement. This technique is regarded today as the source of many difficulties of operation and perception of the city: creation in basement and terrace of deserted and not very sure zones, disconnection of the city of its relief, its history, field reality, transition often missed with the close districts…

Lights

In addition to this side " seventies" , Share-God offers today a splendid luminous panorama of night. The roof of the tower pencil enlightened of orange sharp, the front of the shopping mall and the signs advertizing on the station offer a modern side to the district. One will also note remarkable lightings of the boulevard fish pond-blackbird (blue neons on the buildings, blue standard lamps) as well as the library enlightened by a beam directed towards the sky.

Remarkable sites

The Turn of the Crédit Lyonnais

The Turn of the Crédit Lyonnais (also called tower of Share-God, even the Pencil because of its form) is located at the accesses of the shopping mall (esplanade) and constitutes single the Gratte-ciel of Lyon (165 meters for 42 stage S). Built of 1972 to 1977, it is the work of the American cabinet Araldo Cossutta & Associates . A panoramic Restaurant is located at the 32e stage of the tower. The construction of a new skyscraper, the Tour Oxygenates, is planned for 2007  ; this tower should not exceed the 28 stages.

The Swiss tower (Swiss Life)

Fault of being a " Skyscraper " itself, this tower, being 82 meters high, forms all the same part of the face of Share-God. Very glazed, rectangular and of an imposing width, it overhangs the boulevard Marius Fish pond-Blackbird. It is about the second round highest of the district (without counting the future Oxygene tower), in front of the tower of the urban community of Lyon. Before its construction, the tower was to measure approximately 120 meters. But the municipal council was hostile at the time with IGH. The architects had to put a ceiling to the tower with 82 meters.

Others turns

Several others turns of 80 meters are dispersed with Share-God, such as the tower EDF, tower UAP - AXA. To note the project of realization of the Tour Oxygenates (120m) soon.

The shopping mall

It is about the first European shopping mall of downtown area, built in 1975, out of four levels (more one small underground level for the access by the subway). It is the greatest French shopping mall today. More than 260 shops côtoient themselves, of which large surfaces such Carrefour, the Galeries Lafayette, Darty, Décathlon, Go Sport, Fnac, BHV…), of the popular signs (Zara, H&m, Bershka, Jules, Brice, Armand Thierry, Camaieu, Pimkie, Jennyfer, Adidas, RG 512…) as well as a big number of restaurants and snack bars (McDonald's, Quick, the Gilded Brioche, Croissanterie, Subway…). The shopping mall is managed by Rodamco.

The shopping mall in some figures:

• 100.000 visitors per day;
• 3.500 employees;
• 2.300 m of windows;
• surface:
• 64.000 m ² of sales area;
• 110.000 m ² of usable surface rented or sold;
• 19.000 m ² of common parts.

The station

Being next to the shopping mall, the Gare of Share-God is the principal station of the Lyons agglomeration, treating mainly the national traffic (regional traffic being generally allotted to the station of Perrache, even if some TGV Lyon-Paris serve these two stations). This station built in 1978 replaced the Gare of Brotteaux. It is the first station of France for the number of travellers in correspondence.

The district of businesses of the Share God

In center town and directly connected to station TGV, the Share God is the second district of businesses of France. The district of Share-God is located on left bank of the Rhone, at 5 minutes of the historical center of Lyon. Conceived initially like an alternative to the old center town, it is essential today like the second French tertiary pole gathering more than 1.600.000 m ². It is primarily composed of Low Rises and turns (Crédit Lyonnais, EDF, UAP, CIRC…)

the tower Oxygenates

2006 marked the kickoff of the realization of a news Lyons tower, the Tower Oxygenates, near current Tour of the Crédit Lyonnais and station TGV. Conceived by the cabinet Arte Carpenter, the tower Oxygenates, high, 117 meters will include/understand a commercial whole of 11.000 m ² of sales area like 28.000 m ² of offices. The SNCF already announced its intention to install its national managements of the purchases, data processing and telecommunications in this new building. Work has beginning at the first half of 2007.

key Figures

• Nearly 1.600.000 m2 of tertiary sector

• More than 40.000 employment and close to the double by counting its close periphery
• 1.125 hotel rooms
• 7.000 bays parking public
• 85.000 people per day on average at the shopping mall
• 85.000 people per day forwarding at the station

The Auditorium Maurice Ravel

Built in 1975. 2120 places. Musics of all kinds. Sit of the National orchestra of Lyon. Improvement of acoustics of room by a head wall of electroacoustic scene. Agent of the historical organ of the Palate of Trocadéro 1878 (not of use and nonvisible of the room).

Library

Opened to the public in 1972, the Library of Share-God, conceived under the direction of Henri-Jean Martin, then director of the library, is largest Public library of France. Its architectural element most visible is its book silo, of black color, which contains several hundreds of thousands of documents, of the Moyen-âge at our days. In 2007, a main entrance was open vis-a-vis the station, more visible than the entry of origin, hidden by the shopping mall.

The Markets Paul Bocuse

Urban displacements

Urban displacements are facilitated on the site of Share-God thanks to a grid of the network of TCL: many a line of drunk has a terminus with Share-God (between the shopping mall and the station). Moreover the line B of the subway and the tram T1 pass there. Finally a new line of tram T3 “Lea” is now in service on the old railway of the CFEL between Part God and Meyzieu. Its terminus is located different with dimensions SNCF railway station, street of the Villette. The Leslys tram, exploited by the General advice of the Rhone, will connect the Share God to the airport St Exupéry. The T4 line will connect Share-God to the district of the Minguettes, in Vénissieux. It will cross the T2 line with the Jet stop of water - Mendès-France.

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