The 38 social housing units at 10/12 rue Bonnet in the city of Clichy-la-Garenne completed for Efidis (social housing landlord) are located at the doorstep of Paris, along the périphérique beltway. At the edge of the capital and its inner suburbs, they look towards both the Clichy-Batignolles district and the new high court designed by Renzo Piano, and the greater Paris area. Inside and out, they embody the metropolitan issue of eliminating borders. The architects seem to have set a roadmap to relay the dynamism that characterizes the urban development zone of Batignolles in a disparate environment. It is this double relationship with the city dictating the physiognomy of the building that seems to transcend the limits of the périphérique to connect two different urbanities towards a common future.
© Takuji Shimmura

Architects: Avenier Cornejo

Location: 12 Rue Bonnet, 92110 Clichy, France

Architects In Charge: Miguel Cornejo, Christelle Avenier, Somanad Petitjean, Julia Leroy

Area: 2739.0 sqm

Photographs: Takuji Shimmura

Engineering Firms: EVP Ingénierie, CFERM Ingénierie, Fabrice Bougon

Plot Area: 430 sqm

Garden Area: 57 sqm

Floor Area Apartments : 2563 sqm

Floor Area Commercial Space: 90 sqm

Floor Area Billiard Room: 86 sqm

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