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Gennevilliers, France
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Gennevilliers, France
Finalist, 2024 A+Awards, Built - Sustainable Multi-Unit Residential Building
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
The municipality of Gennevilliers, located on the outskirts of Paris, faces relentless assaults from a continuously developing European metropolis. In this highly monetized spatial context, it is tempting to forget about the city and its history, to overlook those who inhabit and traverse it.
The project proposes two strategies to tackle this :
Social housing is advocated as a public policy endeavor aimed at fostering more equitable urban sharing.
Architecture is viewed as a tool for human interactions, carrying social and ecological convictions.
The terrain has a strip-like shape reminiscent of ancient market garden plots. The project's intention is to reinforce this component of the existing urban fabric. Residences are arranged around a long, narrow interior street that completely traverses the project, defining several sequences: a porch; an alley bordered by gardens; a junction opening towards a second entrance, and a passage leading to a footpath.
Through this design, a certain density is made enjoyable. Twenty-four housing units are distributed over only 1940m² of ground area and are equally divided between standalone houses and stacked apartments. All residences benefit from multiple private outdoor spaces of various forms: garden, balcony, terrace, and walkway. This formal variety allows for the sculpting of volumes to offer views, light, and intimacy.
Wood construction is intelligently employed to minimize the project's carbon footprint. Implemented through post-and-beam systems, joists, and frame walls, it adheres to traditional principles. Highly efficient insulation walls (cellulose wadding), combined with a collective pellet boiler, ensure consumption levels equivalent to passive standards, lower than 15kwh annually.
Through a holistic approach to housing, this project combines social equity with human-centered and sustainable architecture. It represents a fight to make our metropolises inclusive and resilient.
The project proposes two strategies to tackle this :
Social housing is advocated as a public policy endeavor aimed at fostering more equitable urban sharing.
Architecture is viewed as a tool for human interactions, carrying social and ecological convictions.
The terrain has a strip-like shape reminiscent of ancient market garden plots. The project's intention is to reinforce this component of the existing urban fabric. Residences are arranged around a long, narrow interior street that completely traverses the project, defining several sequences: a porch; an alley bordered by gardens; a junction opening towards a second entrance, and a passage leading to a footpath.
Through this design, a certain density is made enjoyable. Twenty-four housing units are distributed over only 1940m² of ground area and are equally divided between standalone houses and stacked apartments. All residences benefit from multiple private outdoor spaces of various forms: garden, balcony, terrace, and walkway. This formal variety allows for the sculpting of volumes to offer views, light, and intimacy.
Wood construction is intelligently employed to minimize the project's carbon footprint. Implemented through post-and-beam systems, joists, and frame walls, it adheres to traditional principles. Highly efficient insulation walls (cellulose wadding), combined with a collective pellet boiler, ensure consumption levels equivalent to passive standards, lower than 15kwh annually.
Through a holistic approach to housing, this project combines social equity with human-centered and sustainable architecture. It represents a fight to make our metropolises inclusive and resilient.
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