Article source: Gaetan Le Penhuel Architecture

This operation of rental housing is part of the overall urban renewal of the concerted area Concorde Stalingrad in Vitry sur Seine, in the near suburbs of Paris. Between the RN 305 and hillsides, the lot Champs Fleuris acts as a link between urban dimensions. The 48 units are divided into two distinct entities: 24 units in an R+7 apartment building, which provides a front built on the boulevard Stalingrad, in the north east of the site, the other 24 homes develop into heart shapes in fragmented plots from ground floor to R+3.

Image Courtesy Sergio Grazia

• Architects: Gaetan Le Penhuel Architecture
• Project: 48 Logements – Vitry sur Seine
• Location: Vitry-sur-Seine, France
• Photography: Sergio Grazia
• Construction: 48 housing and 250m2 ground floor shops
• Surface: 4 750 m²
• Budget HT: 7.6 M €
• Completion: September 2012
• HQE: THPE 2005 / Certification H&E Profil A / Cref ‐20%
• Materials: Exterior insulation, cladding metal and extruded aluminum folded aluzinc Lookmetal, sliding metal shutters
• Construction / studies: Laétitia Biabaut
• Contest: Laétitia Biabaut Amélie & Authier

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