Rue des Potiers

Rue des Potiers

Type	Street
Length	365 m (1,198 ft)
Location	Toulouse
Coordinates	43°35′53″N 1°27′14″E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽

Rue des Potiers (in Occitan: carrièra dels Potièrs) is a road in Toulouse, capital of the Occitania, in the South of France.

Location and access

Description

Rue des Potiers is a public space. It is located in the Dupuy neighbourhood, in sector 1 - Center.

The roadway has only one one-way lane of automobile traffic, from Place Dominique-Martin-Dupuy towards Square Boulingrin. It is defined as a 30 zone and the speed is limited to 30 km/h. There is no path or cycling infrastructure, although it is a two-way cycle path.

Routes encountered

Rue des Potiers meets the following roads, in order of increasing numbers ("L" indicates that the street is on the left, "R" on the right):

1. Square Boulingrin (L)
2. Allées Paul-Sabatier (R)
3. Rue de la Brasserie (L)
4. Rue des Abeilles (L)
5. Rue Jacques-Labatut (R)
6. Rue des Vases (G)
7. Rue des Jardins (G)
8. Place Dominique-Martin-Dupuy

Odonymy

Rue des Potiers recalls, through its name, the presence of the many artisans found there, makers of terracotta pots. In the 18th century, it was already called Rue des Fayenciers. In 1794, during the French Revolution, it was proposed to rename it rue l'Intégrité, but this new name did not survive.

Heritage and places of interest

Gontaut-Biron subdivision

Monument historique (2018) and Patrimoine du XXe siècle (2017).

A subdivision was built between 1931 and 1935 on a large plot of land belonging to the Gontaut-Biron family, between Boulingrin, Allées François-Verdier, rue de la Brasserie and Rue des Potiers. The new owners brought in several Toulouse architects – Edmond Pilette, Antonin Thuriès and Jean Valette – who nevertheless designed a set of remarkable unity, in the use of materials – concrete, stone and brick – and the vocabulary of architecture Art deco and regionalist architecture.

• n°1 ter: Jourdet building. Monument Historique (2018, facades and roofs).
  A revenue house was built in 1934 by the architect Jean Valette. It stands at the corner of square Boulingrin. It is made up of several buildings, organized around an interior courtyard. It rises over six levels: a semi-buried basement, a raised ground floor and four floors. The structure of the building is made of concrete but, on the facade, the coating imitates the joints of a brickwork. The ground floor is pierced by five large segmental bays set in a semi-circular embrasure. The front door, which opens into the 2nd bay on the right, has retained its wrought ironwork. On the upper floors, the two side bays are formed by an oriel window. The central span is widely lit by loggias with guard rails and supported by fluted columns.
• n°1: building (1935, Jean Valette). Monument Historique (2018, facades and roofs).

Buildings and houses

• n°4: Espitalié building.
  A revenue house was built for Mr. Espitalié by Joseph and Jean-Louis Gilet in 1934, two architects influenced by the theories of modern architecture. Three buildings frame the interior courtyard. The facade on rue des Potiers is made up of a facing of alternating long and short bricks, which still shows the influence of the Amsterdam school. The desire to open the main rooms onto the Paul-Sabatier and Boulingrin aisles produces a discrepancy with the alignment of the street: this contradiction in the orientations allows the architects to multiply the setbacks and contributes to the asymmetry of the whole. The last level is occupied by a roof terrace. The use of a concrete frame also gives great freedom in the composition of the floor plans. In each apartment, an entrance hall leads to all the rooms in the accommodation. The master bedroom, living room and lounge open onto the balcony, while the other two bedrooms and the bathroom overlook the courtyard.

See also

Bibliography

• Salies, Pierre (1989). Dictionnaire des rues de Toulouse (in français). 2 (Milan ed.). Toulouse. ISBN 978-2-8672-6354-5. Search this book on
• Papillault, Rémi; Girard, Laura; Marfaing, Jean-Loup (2016). Guide d'architecture du xx^e siècle en Midi toulousain (in français). Toulouse. ISBN 978-2-8107-0469-9. Search this book on
• Marqué, Nicolas (2007). Toulouse et le Canal du Midi (in français) (Empreinte ed.). Portet-sur-Garonne. ISBN 978-2-9133-1949-3. Search this book on
• Marqué, Nicolas (2009). Résider dans le faubourg Saint-Étienne, de l'ouverture du Canal du Midi à la chute du rempart (fin XVII^e siècle-début XIX^e siècle) (in français). Toulouse: Presses universitaires du Midi. pp. 199–206. ISBN 978-2-8107-0950-2. Retrieved 2023-12-08. Search this book on

Externals links

• "Notice n°315555516832". www.urban-hist.toulouse.fr. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
• Preliminary inventory of the city of Toulouse, on the Urban-Hist website, Archives municipales de Toulouse. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
• General inventory of cultural heritage of Occitania, on the Ressources patrimoines - La médiathèque culturelle website from the Occitanie region. Retrieved 2023-12-08.

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