Construction of the 3rd phase :
"...In any case, I would like to see the success of the wish I made: to create with Port-Grimaud a vast community of friendship and not a concentration camp where you pass your neighbour without saying hello!..." " F. SPOERRY.
The 3rd phase :It consists of the Rue de l'Île Longue and the rue des Deux Ports. in total : - 80 houses, - 44 flats, - 2 shops. Rue des Deux Ports :A public school was planned for this area. It was opened for two years for the children of the new residents, but unfortunately there were not enough children to keep the school going. 
The first and second sections are almost finished and the third is already under construction. In the centre will come the market place and the church.
The Poterne bridge and the bridge that will provide access to the Market Square and the 2nd and 3rd sections are being built... on dry land! This will earn the architect many mockery. 
Rue des 2 PORTS :The Rue des 2 Ports is beginning to emerge. 
The residential building in Rue des 2 Ports on 07/06/68. In the foreground the edge of the quay, behind the pharmacy, under construction. The canals have not yet been dug. 
The building along the Canal du Nord on 05/08/68... 
50 ans plus tard...
Rue de l'Ile Longue :It is the extension of the Rue des 2 Ports separated by a porch... 
Photos taken from the location of the Market Square. The architect's house at the end of the island is under construction... Below, the same photo today. 
The work did not seem to bother those who had already bought a property in the two sections already built. It is true that, contrary to François SPOERRY's wishes, too few residents had chosen to live here all year round...
The Architect's House :Few architects choose to live in a residential complex that they have created... It is at the end of the rue de l'Ile Longue that François SPOERRY built his huge and beautiful house. When he stayed there, a flag with the colors of the village (a stylized flatfish, on a blue and green background) flew on the mast at the top of the Saracen tower of his house from where he could admire his village from 360°. He lived there until his death on 11 January 1999. 
Plan of the house. 
LThe 2 facades. Inside Mr Spoerry's house, located in the middle of the large living room, an indoor swimming pool extends... 
... outside by swimming under a large bay window ! 
The exterior...
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