Article source: Hamonic+Masson & Associés architectes 

The guiding principles of these student halls of residence were standardisation, self-regulation and a maximisation of internal space. This project, with its 156 rooms in an 8-storey building taking up almost the entire plot, is no exception to this rule. There is nonetheless a secret garden, as the project coordinators, Loci Anima, were keen to reintroduce some biodiversity onto the island.

Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia

• Architects: Hamonic+Masson & Associés architectes
• Project: Golden Cube
• Location: ZAC Seguin – lot A4 Est Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• Photography: Sergio Grazia and Christophe DEMONFAUCON
  
• Engineering consultant: Aretec
• Land surveyors: Legrand
• General contractors: Bouygues Bâtiment
• Cost: 4.5 M € HT
• Gross floor area: 3 200 m2
• Completion: 2014

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Article source: LAN Architecture

This project, for which the competition occurred in 2008, is the result of a complex transformation process in the city along with a precise economic context.

Located on the former site of the Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, the concerned project is part of the Trapèze Ouest, one of the sector of the operation Ile Seguin-Rives de Seine, amongst the most important emerging centres in Ile-de-France.

Image Courtesy Julien Lanoo

• Architects: LAN Architecture
• Project: 70°SUD
• Location: 3 Allée Robert Doisneau 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• Program: 58 housing units
• Client: NACARAT
• Project Ownership Assistance: SAEM Val de Seine
• Cost: € 7, 2 M Excl. VAT
• Built up Area: 4639 m²
• Completion: Nov. 2011
• Team: LAN Architecture (lead architect), COTEC (all-trades engineers), LEAU (Environmental AMO)

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