A Common Ground Floor: Handing over vacant premises for public benefit

Marie Bourdon

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Suzanne Sophie Marie Brun

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Juliette Antoinette Raymonde Lafrasse

Small apartments, crowded streets, and impossible renting regulations: the population of Noailles lacks places to be. Yet, 8% of the neighborhood's ground floors are vacant. Providing legal and practical tools, the project imagines a protocol of direct access to these premises, granting much-needed spaces to a network of local associations hosting communal activities. While access may be temporary at first, residents will then be supported to purchase these ground floors, thus subtracting these from the market — while empowering communities.
 

Team
Unit:
RIOT
Teachers:
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Assistants:
Summer Saud Islam, Antoine Iweins D'Eeckhoutte, Kathlyn R Kao, Nagy Makhlouf
Infos
Year:
2023
Period:
Fall
Category:
Semester Project
Topic:  
Architecture, Construction, Housing, Theory, Territory, Urban study, Environment, Sustainability
Copyright:
CC BY Licence
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