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French Residential Building - Latest Addition Nanterre Apartment Block, Paris, northern France Design: X-TU Architects photo : Luc Boegly Nanterre Apartment Block - 13 Dec 2012 A striking facade, grounded by a common base line just above street level, with a serrated roofline and randomised cladding punctuated with deep yellow L-shaped incisions. Text from the architects, rather enigmatic.....indeed obtuse! Massy Social Housing, Massy, south west Paris, northern France du Besset-Lyon Architectes photo : Philippe Ruault French Social Housing - 3 Dec 2012 In order to hold its place efficiently within the urban fabric its architecture is simple and takes advantage of the sheer size of a 60 apartment’s construction. Size matters when it comes to achieve a dense city. Simplicity and some uniformity contribute to the appeal of residential buildings. The specific color of the facades helps assert the presence of the building. Housing in la Courrouze, Rennes, north east France Philippe Gazeau photo : Stéphane Chalmeau Housing in la Courrouze - 9 + 4 Jul 2012 The BH2 programme is located at the north-east end of the ZAC mixed development zone, in the "Bois Habité" area. It is bounded by the Rue Claude Bernard to the east, and by the Boulevard de Cleunay to the north. French Housing Major Residential Projects, alphabetical: Bègles housing, Gironde, south-western France 2010- LAN Architecture image from architect Bègles housing A new, ecological and social living space geared to the 21st century. The project's richness and major interest lie in the possibility of inventing an urban lifestyle set in a highly experimental framework enabling the affirmation of new ecological and contemporary architectures. The diversity of architectural propositions and communal and private spaces had to ensure and enhance this specificity. The first stage was to 'sculpt' the volumes in order to exploit their urban potential and intrinsic spatial qualities. We directed our research towards a hybrid typology combining the house and the apartment. Bicycle Building, Grenoble 2008 Hérault Arnod Architectes photo © André Morin Grenoble housing This project is part of an initiative by the city of Grenoble, which had asked a number of architects to propose projects for buildings that would be forward-looking in terms of sustainable development, in order to complete the construction of the final blocks in a new district in the south of the city. Lironde Gardens, Montpellier, south France 1991-2009 Atelier d'architechture Christian de Portzamparc image from architect Montpellier housing Montpellier Apartments, Montpellier 2007 Du Besset-Lyon Architectes image from architect Montpellier Apartments Mouvaux Housing, Nord, northern France 2010- LAN Architecture image from architect Mouvaux Housing Hybrid model between collective and individual housing in Mouvaux. New constructions' urbanization potential and their capacity to integrate the history and the morphology of the city hosting them constitute the major challenge for new built-up areas. Our strategy takes into consideration this point and other themes as town houses, cars, definition and hierarchical organization of public and collective spaces as well as environmental quality. They are integrated into the project to produce new sustainable urban models. Nantes Tripodes 2005-10 Atelier d'architechture Christian de Portzamparc image from architect Nantes Tripodes : mixed-use development 108 rue de Picpus - Social housing, Paris 2008 ecdm photo : Benoit Fougeirol Social Housing Paris Located at the intersection of the homogeneous and haussmannian landscape along Gossec Street, and of the disparate architecture made up through time on Picpus Street, the site on which this 63 social housing program is established is an element of a typical “collage-city” landscape, also characterized by a double movement of the natural soil: the connection, on its front part, to the deep slope of the Picpus Street, and, on its backyard limit, to a landmark garden, 1.50 m higher than the average level of the soil.

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