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Modern Bordeaux: raw lines, verticality and contemporary decor
Bordeaux is not just about its classic heart. It is also a city in transformation, home to new, raw, vertical neighborhoods built on industrial wasteland or on the city's modern extensions.
Between 1970s concrete, districts undergoing urban renovation, recent architectural buildings, eco-districts, and open urban landscapes, the city offers strong contemporary settings, often under-exploited.
OUR FAVORITES
The Mériadeck district
Designed in the 1960s and 70s, Mériadeck is a unique, raw architectural ensemble in Bordeaux. Footbridges, empty esplanades , massive glass and concrete buildings: a graphic urban landscape.
The Cité du Vin and its surroundings
In the Bassins à Flot district, the Cité du Vin boasts iconic contemporary architecture. Just steps away, the port's former industrial sites, cranes, converted warehouses, and new buildings offer a blend of atmospheres: post-industrial , maritime, and eco-urban. An area rich in contrasts and textures.
The Basins of Lights / Submarine Base
The former submarine base in Bordeaux has been transformed into a digital art center; it is a monumental setting of raw concrete , steeped in history, silence, and shadows. The indoor water basins, the immense volumes, the symmetrical perspectives, and the interplay of natural and projected light create a unique place, almost timeless.
Urban districts of the metropolis
The Bordeaux metropolitan area boasts numerous residential neighborhoods built between the 1950s and 1980s, offering dense, often overlooked urban landscapes. Towers, apartment blocks, walkways , raised parking garages, stairwells, landscaped parking lots, and murals: these spaces provide a striking visual texture. Neighborhoods like Grand Parc, Thouars in Talence , and Les Aubiers present a contrasting, inhabited urban aesthetic , marked by verticality, everyday life, and the rhythms of community living.
Filming in Bordeaux
Filming procedure in the city center of Bordeaux
To apply for filming permission in the city of Bordeaux, you must submit your application directly to the Bordeaux City Hall via: cab.manifestations@mairie-bordeaux.fr





































