Architects:Avenier Cornejo Architectes

Area :5728 m²

Year :2019

Photographs :Schnepp Renou, Frederic Delangle, Charlotte Donker, Simone Bossi

Manufacturers :  Flos, Wienerberger, Atlas Schindler, Euxos, MincoFlos

Lead Architects :Pierre-Nicolas Georgeton Capucine Cortade Patrick Bourgeois

Structure : Bassinet Turquin Paysage EVP Ingénierie

Fluides : B52 Ingénierie

Client : EMERIGE, Semip

Urban Planning Authority : Semip

Fluids : B52

Urban Planning Authority : Semip

City : Pantin

Country : France

Since its construction in 1822, the Ourcq Canal has undergone many metamorphosis. From agricultural land to capital region of France, from Paris to Greater Paris, from industrial transformations to cultural changes, from labour to leisure, the constant renewal of its banks confirm the French adage that one never bathes in the same river. At a time of metropolisation and territorial integration the Ourcq Canal is the common thread of the reinvention of the capital. In the city of Pantin, just before the Paris ring road, converted giants like the Centre National de

la Dance (former police headquarters), the Magasins généraux ( former “breadbasket of Paris” and now office of BETC, France’s top advertising agency) and the Grands Moulins (former flourmills and future offices BNP- Parisbas) are revived by new tenants. When entering Paris the canal crosses the small and big follies of the park of Villette. Its banks are covered by joggers and cyclists while the cafés, bistrots, museums and concert halls invite the strollers to take an entertaining break. Avenier-Cornejo’s housing project sits on an exceptional location by the water edge and beside a bridge leading from the Town Hall to the metro station.