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Valenton, France
In developing the concept of this building, the following questions were raised: How do you design a building that generates social ties rather than simply a social housing building? How do you create an open place that promotes interactions between residents; a place that is fully used while the environment continues to evolve?
In answering these questions, the agency decided to create a building that turned on itself, its courtyard, and its residents, a sort of a modern social utopia where people live and share a piece of the town.
The project stands in the Pompadour urban development zone, a neighborhood with an orthonormal and regular design with buildings lining a secondary road, criss-crossed by long green expanses. It is composed of two buildings, one with four stories of housing over stores on Avenue Duranton, the other with three stories of housing on Rue Roland Roche. A tree-filled garden courtyard stands in the middle of the site on a hill level with the highest water mark, connecting hallways and split-level apartments.
The buildings house several types of flats. Both small and spacious, penthouses and split-level, these flats offer various types of co-existence. All share the ability to take full advantage of the expansive exterior spaces, a direct interface between the shared space at the heart of the structures and private spaces. These dwellings defuses any stigmatization that social housing may have. A contrast to the type of building where most residents come from, it offers genuine variations between the private and public spaces with meticulous attention paid to the façades of enameled ceramic and broad woodwork. This lasting quality is not intended only for the client, it shows that the architects serious regard for the individual’s self-image and the image one has of others through their home.
In answering these questions, the agency decided to create a building that turned on itself, its courtyard, and its residents, a sort of a modern social utopia where people live and share a piece of the town.
The project stands in the Pompadour urban development zone, a neighborhood with an orthonormal and regular design with buildings lining a secondary road, criss-crossed by long green expanses. It is composed of two buildings, one with four stories of housing over stores on Avenue Duranton, the other with three stories of housing on Rue Roland Roche. A tree-filled garden courtyard stands in the middle of the site on a hill level with the highest water mark, connecting hallways and split-level apartments.
The buildings house several types of flats. Both small and spacious, penthouses and split-level, these flats offer various types of co-existence. All share the ability to take full advantage of the expansive exterior spaces, a direct interface between the shared space at the heart of the structures and private spaces. These dwellings defuses any stigmatization that social housing may have. A contrast to the type of building where most residents come from, it offers genuine variations between the private and public spaces with meticulous attention paid to the façades of enameled ceramic and broad woodwork. This lasting quality is not intended only for the client, it shows that the architects serious regard for the individual’s self-image and the image one has of others through their home.
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