Article source:  JTB Architecture and mobile architectural office

In La Courneuve, two buildings and 18 duplex units provide a great diversity of housing. A meticulous architectural style contributes to the regeneration of the Cité des 4000.

The “Cité des 4000” projects many images, points of view and studies across the political, urban and artistic disciplines. Built in 1956 by the Ville de Paris, this large-scale operation was designed as an estate composed of blocks sited alongside each other. This siting principle generated undefined and unused free spaces, preventing the appropriation of public spaces which are wasted. The regeneration of the Cité des 4000 has endeavoured to suppress the effect of uniform and impersonal blocks to give, once again, meaning to the public space with a true landscape and human dimension.

Image Courtesy © Arnaud Schelstraete

• Architects: JTB Architecture and mobile architectural office
• Project: 71 social housing units
• Location:61 Avenue Henri Barbusse, La Courneuve (93)
• Photography: Luc Boegly, Arnaud Schelstraete, Fabien Brissaud
  
• Client: Plaine Commune Habitat / Batiplaine
  
• Engineers: Mizrahi (BET TCE)
  
• Sustanability Label: RT 2012 – H&E Profil A – Plan Climat
  
• Cost (HT): 8.5 M€ – 1785€/m² (DGD)
  
• Surface (SDP/ SHAB): 4 855 m² / 4 615 m²
  

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