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ZAC Clichy Batignolles, Paris 17

Published in May, 2016

Two buildings of 83 housing units, 62 capped rent housing units, Gausa Raveau actarquitectura SLP, Avenier Cornejo Architectes, Altarea Cogedim and Linkcity Ile-de-France

Urban Insertion
Scale alternations for a better understanding of the setting
The site is an integral part of the Parisian multi-urban network, the Grande Couronne, the predominant green spaces and the infrastructural network. The CLichy-Batignolles ZAC stands as a new urban landscape liaison element, an essential urban portal along the peripheric territorial arc, just by the historic city. 
The sites thus becomes an important urban platform, a place of exchange in the relational-spaces web organization of Paris. It shall serve as connection point for the various territorial, urban, environmental, social and cultural scales.
The ZAC thus becomes a reverberation and multi-urban transfer device. 
The Clichy-Batignolles ZAC and the Martin Luther King Park consolidate into a vast relational space. It is an interface of connecting lines and urban relations : lines of force, lines of flux, and lines of interaction.
The project echoes the adjacent buildings, fitting the surroundings by virtue of its elegant and homogenous composition. 

A transversal Unit
One of the project’s fundamental features is an almost complete opening through the parcel,
perpendicular to the Martin Luther King Park. This aperture virtually serves as an extension of
the park. It stretches the green area to the centre of the parcel and beyond until the Lot E9.
This facilitates the reciprocal visibility between the latter and the park. The educational facility
and the housing units have thus a relatively clear view of the park.
A high level of transparency was attained on the lower levels in order to maximize the
connection between the park and the street.

Desire for views and a compact body
This opening also results from an environmental scheme developed in the project early stages
of the project. This arrangement entails the design of thicker blocks than in the case of a U
arrangement.
The resulting buildings are thus dense and compact; this design reduces energy inefficiencies.
Moreover the scheme avoids all potential mono-oriented housing units facing the street. The
units all benefit of a view on the park and convenient natural light.

Moving Masses
The two housing blocks are split into multiple variable height volumes, the highest building
rising 50m above the ground. These unique volumes are superimposed and then shifted to
create a dynamic form.

The idea was to create a sense of movement rather than a static volumetry, a rhythmically

punctuated ensemble rather than fixed and solid blocks. These shifted volumes contribute to
the creation of outdoor spaces and suit the rules of urbanism.
The design strategy for the project was expressly developed to avoid the IGH classification of
the construction.

HQE Environmental Performance
Habitat & Environment Certificat profile A. BBC Effinergy Certificate
Thermic performance of the buildings with cuts to the heating consumption down to 14
kwh/m2
/year.
Conformity to the Plan Climat de la Ville de Paris..
Photovoltaic production demanded: 44MWh€/year.


Project identification

Place
Paris 75017, France


Address
Housing no 38, 40-42 (West Access), 50-52 (Eastern Access) Rue Gilbert Cesbron, Paris

17 ème

FAM
48 Rue Gilbert Cesbron, Paris 17ème


PMI
46 Rue Gilbert Cesbron, Paris 17ème


Client
Linkcity Île-de-France and Altarea Cogedim


Développer
Paris Batignolles Aménagement


Main Contractor
Bouygues Bâtiment Île-de-France

Gross Floor Area

Land area
3215 m2


Constructed area
16025, 30 m2


Program
83 housing units, 62 capped rent housing units, 40 beds Disability Care Centre

(FAM), Mother and Child Protection Centre (PMI) and 144 places of parking.

Design Team

Associated Architects

GAUSA RAVEAU actarquitectura SLP and AVENIER CORNEJO architectes

Project Managers

Florence RAVEAU, Manuel GAUSA / Mickael DOMINGUEZ, Vicky LENZ,
Christelle AVENIER, Miguel CORNEJO / Olivier SARAMITO, Joachim BAKARY

Consultants - Project Team

CFERM Groupe BETEM [Fluids]
Bureau Michel FORGUE [Economist]
Franck Boutté Consultants [Sustainability]
Bassinet Turquin [Landscape]
Externals Consultants
EVP Ingénierie [Structure]
Les produits de l’Épicerie (Design Graphique)