Renovation of the Secrétan Covered Market: renaissance of a local lifestyle 

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Architects: Architecture Patrick Mauger

Location: 29 Avenue Secrétan, 75019 Paris, France

Area: 4228.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Didier Boy de la Tour

Collaborators: Sodéarif, Banimmo, Architecture Patrick Mauger, Bouygues

General Contractor: Bouygues Construction Ile de France

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Renovation of the Secrétan Covered Market: renaissance of a local lifestyle Almost emptied of its shops and walled up, the Secrétan covered market had become an increasingly foreign object in the district. 
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Over a century since its construction, this Baltard style covered market, listed in the French inventory of historic monuments, has now been restored and rehabilitated. It has once again found its former vocation and become the new heart of the 19th arrondissement.  

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On the outside, the building opens generously onto Rue de Meaux, with the masonry walls replaced by a completely glazed façade. The treatment of the surrounds as a wide pavement favourable for strolling around and the integration of shops allow the retail environment to stretch beyond the building. 

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