Rehabilitation and Extension New collective Dynamics for the Grands Ensembles of Sarcelles

Fjolla Hoxhaj

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Léna Ambre Lou Villetelle

This project stems from an observation made in our theoretical statement Grand ensembles of Sarcelles—From the cell to the complex: The paradoxes of a modernity in crisis. Grand ensembles, designed for a standardized society, are today struggling to respond to the diversity of contemporary lifestyles. In Sarcelles, the challenge is twofold: to reinterpret rigid typologies and to reweave the links of a fragmented urban fabric. We propose a strategy that combines rehabilitation and extension, where housing evolves with its inhabitants, and where common spaces become the driving force behind community life. On a neighborhood scale, our intervention reconnects the central block—so far isolated—through new openings, the pedestrianization of existing axes and the enhancement of the park. The central pavilion becomes a hub of associative, cultural and sporting activities. It dialogues with the rehabilitated bar, featuring active first floors and modular upper floors. Both the pavilion and the bar are part of the same scalable, adaptable and flexible system, capable of accommodating a wide variety of programs. Two applications of the same logic, designed to reintroduce collective living where isolation used to dominate, and thus restore Sarcelles’ ability to accommodate the diversity of the lives that inhabit it.

Files
Énoncé (PDF), Planche (PDF), Planche (PDF), Planche (PDF), Planche (PDF)
LINKS
Team
Teachers:
Marilyne Andersen, Anja Fröhlich, Clemens Waldhart
Supervision team:
Fröhlich, Anja (dir. pédagogique) ; Andersen, Marilyne (prof.) ; Waldhart, Clemens (mentor·e) ; Marinov, Marina (expert·e)
Professor in charge of the statement:
Fröhlich, Anja (ENAC IA EAST-CO)
Unit:
SAR, EAST
Infos
Year:
2025
Period:
Fall
Category:
Master Project
Copyright:
CC BY Licence
Theoretical statement

Grands ensembles of Sarcelles. From the cell to the complex : The paradoxes of a modernity in crisis

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