For a long time, the growth of the Parisian metropolis has been considered and pursued as the extension of a sole center, the city of Paris. The Paris-Saclay project embodies the transition to a more polycentric vision of urban conglomeration 一 the Greater Paris project - which seeks to link the larger hubs of activity in a coherent way and gradually move beyond old Paris to include a pattern of suburbs. This vision also relates to the Greater Paris metro project, which extends and completes the public transport network of wider Ile-de-France, connecting the different outlying hubs both to each other and to the airports, and making urban centers that are today poorly serviced more accessible.The Saclay plateau brings together, a few kilometers from Paris, the ingredients necessary for becoming an international research and innovation center. Historically fragmented by various piecemeal establishments, the territory has no obvious unity.Though the creation of a unifying landscape appears as one of the principal means for organizing such a vast site, only its integration into the geography can give it relevance.
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