Agence RVA, Dominique Renaud, Philippe Vignaud and Associates

'Serpentin'

Agence RVA, Dominique Renaud, Philippe Vignaud and Associates
22. September 2015

PROJECT DETAILS

Client
Pantin Habitat OPH
  
Architect
Agence RVA, Dominique Renaud, Philippe Vignaud and Associates

Principal architect
Nicolas Trentesaux

Graphic designer
Atelier Pierre di Sciullo

Engineers/Economists
RCOBA -ARTELIA

Landscape architect
Agence Vincent Pruvost

Site area
75,000m²

Housing unit density
80 housing units / hectare

Building dimensions 
Width: 8m pre-rehabilitation, 8.40m after rehabilitation
Length: 1,060m pre-rehabilitation, 970m after rehabilitation

Building height
6 stories (1 ground floor + 5 upper levels) / 16.15m

Building footprint
11 % of site area

Gross floor area
50,000m²

Façade surface area 30,000m²

Housing units
655 pre-existing units
513 restructured units
60 demolished units

Photo: Luc Boegly

In response to this alarming situation, the French state and local government authorities chose to implement public funds through the National Urban Renewal Agency (ANRU previously known as the “Grand Projet de Ville”) in an effort to remediate the existing conditions for the welfare of the community and its residents.
 

Photo: Luc Boegly

In 2002, Agence RVA was awarded the contract for the design and rehabilitation of the ensemble of properties belonging to the public housing developer, HLM de Pantin, including the Serpentin housing development, the Fonds d’Eaubonne and Point-de-Pierre housing developments and a public park.
 

Photo: Luc Boegly

The aesthetic aspects of a building’s façade and its color scheme were of extreme importance for the architect, but the colored cement plaster façades were damaged over time due to multiple hasty building interventions and to the wear and tear of the fragile plaster surface material.
 

Photo: Luc Boegly

Architects in collaboration with a graphic designer decided of a unique and distinguished design. The street front is treated uniformly: a continuous, vertical color gradient signals the Serpentin within its immediate context. The park-facing façade is treated with multiple, sparkling horizontal color gradients, varying in length such that the building’s entryways are differentiated from one another.

Photo: Luc Boegly

The Urban Renewal Programme (PRU) and its associated funding enable the amelioration of the housing units’ spatial organization, the modernization of each unit’s kitchen and sanitary equipment as well as increased thermal and energy performance. The goal is to rehabilitate the Serpentin so that it meets current housing stock standards and codes.
 

Photo: Luc Boegly

Housing unit figures:
- 635 original housing units > 511 housing units after rehabilitation + a facilities management office;
- 21 housing unit typologies;
- 100 % of housing units with street and park views (except studio units);
- 100 % of housing units with a park view.
 

Site Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Unit Plans

PROJECT DETAILS

Client
Pantin Habitat OPH
  
Architect
Agence RVA, Dominique Renaud, Philippe Vignaud and Associates

Principal architect
Nicolas Trentesaux

Graphic designer
Atelier Pierre di Sciullo

Engineers/Economists
RCOBA -ARTELIA

Landscape architect
Agence Vincent Pruvost

Site area
75,000m²

Housing unit density
80 housing units / hectare

Building dimensions 
Width: 8m pre-rehabilitation, 8.40m after rehabilitation
Length: 1,060m pre-rehabilitation, 970m after rehabilitation

Building height
6 stories (1 ground floor + 5 upper levels) / 16.15m

Building footprint
11 % of site area

Gross floor area
50,000m²

Façade surface area 30,000m²

Housing units
655 pre-existing units
513 restructured units
60 demolished units

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