The dual purpose of this project in Maubeuge is to highlight the historical heritage of the city’s fortifications designed by Vauban, and to create an innovative and emblematic wildlife park. The project finds its strength and form from the necessary dialogue between the past, on the one hand, represented by Vauban’s architecture, and the living, on the other, in order to become fully integrated into the city and to ensure its impact will extend beyond its own limits.