Toulouse, a historic city founded on a bend in the Garonne, is today the center of an urban area of plus million inhabitants and which is constantly growing. In order for the city centre of Toulouse to remain the emblematic place of the entire m etropolis, which is its historical destiny, it has become essential to propose a new urban project: to rehabilitate the past, of course, but also to keep it alive, attractive and pleasant in order to prepare it for tomorrow.