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On the northern edge, an urban natural landscape has developed in front of the riverbank walls. Here, shallow beaches and small islands have emerged which, due to their location on a slip-off slope of the Rhône with decelerated flow, have not been stabilised and extend into the river. Beavers have settled here quite close to the town. The near-natural riverbanks in front of the promenade are still accessible: here, the planners have created a microtopography. Meandering ditches, which fill up to different levels, run through riparian woodland. The riverside thus has the appearance of a beach, but with only small fluctuations in water level, it turns into a series of islands. Silting and erosion processes in the river have formed sandy beaches in the upper reaches of the Rhône, which have in turn inspired the elliptic shape of the elaborately planted garden islands in the next section. At the end of this stretch of the promenade, the islands of plants on the otherwise predominantly paved low pier open into elongated ribbons of meadows planted with ornamental grasses.
1 Different path surfaces and the strip-like plantings [A5.8] structure the new promenade at the Rhône on the former low pier [A5.4]. 2 Schematic section of the northernmost part of the riverside, with sandbanks in front of the riverbank wall. 3 Schematic section of the part of the promenade where houseboats can be moored 4 A playground uses the difference in level at the riverbank wall [A5.6]. Equipment and benches are flood-resistant [A5.7]. 5 The near-natural sandy banks on the slip-off slope of the Rhône [D3.∂] in front of the embankment path. 6 New wooden surfaces serve as additional terraces for the restaurant boats [A6.3].
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