ZAC SAINT-GILLES, L’ERMITAGE LES BAINS SECTOR

The Ermitage les Bains sector is located in Saint-Gilles les Bains, on the west coast of Réunion Island, and is one of the heart of this seaside resort.

However, its devalued and unstructured urban fabric, its lack of appeal and the absence of development of its natural resources (beach, lagoon), have hampered its tourism development. The aim of this study is to enable the town to develop as a tourist destination, based on a redevelopment of its central sector, around key elements of traditional seaside resorts: the Kursaal, a dense, regular grid of buildings, the creation of a lively main thoroughfare, and the opening up of the town to its coastline, notably by equipping the beach.