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At the core of the urban renewal project for the Mireuil district of La Rochelle, “La Queue du Lézard” (“The Lizard’s Tail”) is a complex of local community amenities which is part of a plan proposed by ANRU (the French National Agency for Urban Renewal) developed together with landscape designers from the In Situ firm. A community centre, city sports grounds and a games library are grouped together in a 200 m long narrow strip made up of alternating built elements and voids.

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• Architects: rue royale architectes
• Project: La Queue du Lézard
• Location: La Rochelle, N.W. France
• Photography: Philippe Maillot
• Client: City of La Rochelle
• Programme: Community centre Le Pertuis, City sports, Games library under construction
• Total area: 2 390 m²  (community centre 1 700 m², games library 690 m²)
• Cost: 4 360 000€ HT, community centre  2 970 000 €HT, games library 1 390 000 €HT 
• Performances: Low Consumption Building project, The Community centre was selectionned for the first edition of the, «Off du DD» in 2012.                                    
• Schedule: Concours 2008, Livraison centre social 2012, Livraison city stade 2013, Livraison ludothèque 2014