Colline aux Oliviers, Tunis Apartment Development, Tunisia Architecture, Images
Colline aux Oliviers in Tunis
Tunisian Social Housing – design by Philippe Barriere Collective
4 Jan 2017
Colline aux Oliviers
Architects: Philippe Barriere Collective (PB+Co)
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Colline aux Oliviers

This semi-rural/semi-urban new alternative development of 30 hectares is located in the governorate of Manouba on a hill near the Medjerda river on the South West edge of Jedeida city limits. Its eco-friendly planning design preserves and utilizes an existing olive grove estate, by placing small individual pavilions for collective housing and service facilities within its 4 475 existing salvaged olive trees and by planting tall sized trees plus a wild botanical garden for more local bio-diversity.
The overall urban planning is located around a green common which connects services and housing pavilions within the same network without the need of using roads. The rural park enables trees and rustic nature to flow freely throughout towards a communal park, or ?commons?. This is surrounded by amenities in an organic relation which transforms the existing olive grove into an habitable park. This rural Agora includes housing (3200 units), administrative and health facilities, a cultural center, an elementary school, retailing, a sports area, a mosque, bus and taxi hub.

This habitable park offers an alternative solution to nearby peri-urban growth. It establishes new s...