Within the urban project proposed by OUALALOU+CHOI on the previous site of the city zoo, this housing project is the first of several large ‘park blocks’ to be developed on the site. Each building block harbors a portion of the greater park within its perimeter. Thus, the blocks collectively de-urbanize the site by creating extremely large parks within the boundaries defined by the buildings. On one side, the buildings present urban facades which distinguish one building from another in a vertical rhythm along the street. On the garden side, the buildings present a coherent language which unifies all the volumes into one harmonious background for the large communal park
