UNIC Apartment Building, Paris, Parisian Housing Complex, Photos, French Modern Architecture
UNIC Apartment Building in Paris
25 July 2022
Architecture: MAD Architects
Location: Paris, France

photo © Jared Chulski
Photos: Jared Chulski and Arch-Exist
UNIC Apartment Building, France
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed its first built project UNIC in Europe. It is a thirteen-story apartment complex in the newly developed neighborhood of Clichy-Batignolles in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. When the firm was selected to design UNIC on one of nine plots assigned to both local and international architects and developers in 2012, MAD Architects’ founder and principal Ma Yansong not only became the first Chinese architect to design a major building in Paris, but the entirety of Europe as well.
photo © Jared Chulski
Conceived as a model for sustainable urban development, the new mixed-use neighborhood is an expression of the city?s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint while providing much-needed housing for approximately 7,500 residents. During the design process, MAD Architects and the local architecture firm of record, Biecher Architectes, consulted with the Parisian government officials, architects and city planners in a number of community engagement workshops to ensure that the experimental design for UNIC would satisfy both the needs of its occupants, the residents of the surrounding neighborhood and the material sustainability expect...