The project is located on a long, narrow strip of land partially occupied by a five-story building, in the traditionally working-class Belleville district of Paris. A significant piece of the neighborhood?s heritage and the site?s unifying building, it has been rehabilitated and its base hollowed out to allow passage.

© Luc Boegly

Architects: Antonini + Darmon Architectes

Location: Belleville, 75020 Paris, France

Team: Claire Archimbaud; worksite: Daliana Vasilache & Francesca Pesce

Area: 2700.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Luc Boegly, Julien Lanoo

Contractor: Antonini-Darmon

Client: SIEMP
Construction Company: CBM Batiment

Cost: 4,7 M ? HT

© Julien Lanoo

The project is located on a long, narrow strip of land partially occupied by a five-story building, in the traditionally working-class Belleville district of Paris. A significant piece of the neighborhood?s heritage and the site?s unifying building, it has been rehabilitated and its base hollowed out to allow passage.

Plan

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Backbone of the complex, the internal street is the structuring element that irrigates the project. It becomes a semi-private common space for all the housing units, where interaction and socializing take place. Aligned with the...