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Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing 

Lacaton & Vassal

PHOTOGRAPHS
Philippe Ruault

AREA
5740 m² 

YEAR
2013 

LOCATION
Paris, France

CATEGORY
Social Housing, Dorms, Retail

Text description provided by architect.

The building is located in the 19th district of Paris, between the Ourcq canal and the 'petite ceinture' railroads, today out of use.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

The neighborhood is in a complete restructuring, with the construction of many dwellings buildings.

The building operation includes 98 student dwellings and 30 social dwellings as well as a specialist care home and 3 shops.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

The project provides spacious dwellings and gives, as much as possible, the opportunity to the inhabitants to enjoy the 2 situations: on the garden and on the street.

All the social dwellings are running through or double-oriented. The living rooms and kitchens are on the garden side and open onto a 2,10m deep winter garden, south or south-east orientated, from 9 to 28 sqm, extending in a 1m deep balcony.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

The bedrooms and main bathrooms, well glazed, are on the north façade and open onto a continuous balcony.

The students' dwellings, from 19 to 23 sqm, open on a balcony by a large window, on the street side. On the garden side, most of the rooms open onto a 3,70 sqm winter garden extending in a balcony.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

Inside, the prefabricated bathrooms are optimized to offer more space to the living room.

On the garden side, the ground floor is used by the specialist care home program, hosting 6 permanent residents. The rooms and living spaces benefit the south-east orientation.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

They open on a garden, planted with simple flowering strain species. On the street side, the ground floor is occupied by the shops.

The winter gardens and balconies give each dwelling a private outdoor space that offers the possibility to live outside in a collective context while being home.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault

Combined with thermic and shadow curtains, they ensure a function in the winter and summer indoor climatic conditions (thermal comfort) and savings on energies, within a bioclimatic approach.

Essential to the life quality in an urban context, these private outdoor spaces make the apartment conditions closer to the facilities and pleasure you can have in an individual house.

Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault


Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault
Ourcq Jaures Student & Social Housing
© Philippe Ruault


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