Energy and sustainability, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, Middle Density, Politics and economics, Project ,Urban Paradigms.
City challenge, Co-Habitation, Collective housing, Community, Food production, France, Green roof, Innovation, Landmark, Paris, Participation, Performative Envelope, Permaculture, Power of materiality, Project, Sharing, Soil, Sustainability, Timber, Vertical greenery
Among the 22 architectural projects selected from the call for innovative urban projects launched by the City of Paris, ‘REINVENTER PARIS 1’, our Edison Lite project proposed a new housing model based on three main principles that we established:
– The creation of ‘made-to-measure’ housing units, whereby the future residents were able to participate in establishing the brief as well as the design of their home;
– The provision of 20% extra surface area, defined and shared with the residents: this provides access to space and facilities that would not otherwise be available to individual residents;
– To welcome residents into an existing landscape, largely planted during construction, the architectural project includes 75 m3 of soil, divided between 290 planters and a large, 150 m2 allotment on the roof.
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Energy and sustainability Middle density Politics and economics Urban Paradigms Performative envelope Timber Paris, France France