Entre Deux Rives in L’Île-Saint-Denis, France by PHILIPPON – KALT

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The Entre Deux Rives housing project, developed by the agency Philippon-Kalt, announces the start of the new Ile-Saint-Denis riverside green neighbourhood. The development will revitalize a former industrial wasteland. It includes 165 homes in 8 buildings ranging from 3 and 7 floors, spread over 3 small blocks.

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• Architects: PHILIPPON – KALT
• Project: Entre Deux Rives
• Location: 7 Quai du Chatelier, 93450 L’Île-Saint-Denis
• Photography: Hervé Abbadie
• Software used: AUTOCAD
• Client: ICADE
• Social housing: CAPS
• Thermal engineering consultant: ALTO
• Engineering consultant: LGX
• Total area: 11 100 m² SP/12 200 m² SHON
• Cost: 16,5 M€ HT
• Architectural Project: 2008
• Work in two stages: July 2011 to March 2014

Living here means adopting an island identity, a mind-set specific to Ile-Saint-Denis. The building, within the green neighbourhood, has been developed as a shared space, to be invested collectively. Council and private housing share the same staircases. Passages between blocks are designed to encourage meetings. Empty spaces invite residents to appropriate them; the loggia gardens can become a subject for discussions amongst neighbours. Shared spaces with wide windows and Persian blinds, and the low fences around the rolling gardens encourage openness to one another.

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Along the river’s wider branch, a continuous, 7-storey front delineates the Quai du Chatelier, and three coloured plots emerge from the line of trees.

On the wilder side of the river’s smaller branch, a 3 storey line of buildings adopts the scale of town houses.

Integrating living spaces into the heart of the landscape

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Tree-lined gardens connect the various points of access for each small island and represent 50% of the surface area. These are shared spaces designed to encourage relationships between residents thanks to their low walls and patio areas which are ideal for chats and group activities.

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Private outdoor spaces, an extra room

The project is characterized by generous private outdoor spaces. It provides an additional room for 80% of homes in the form of a terrace or logia with a minimum area of 12 m² and a depth of at least 2 metres.

Image Courtesy © Hervé Abbadie

Image Courtesy © Hervé Abbadie

Image Courtesy © Hervé Abbadie

Image Courtesy © PHILIPPON – KALT

Image Courtesy © Hervé Abbadie

Image Courtesy © Hervé Abbadie

Image Courtesy © PHILIPPON – KALT

Image Courtesy © PHILIPPON – KALT

Image Courtesy © PHILIPPON – KALT

Image Courtesy © PHILIPPON – KALT

Tags: France, L'Île-Saint-Denis

Categories: Apartments, Autocad, Housing Development

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