A NATIONAL POLICY OF HOUSING REHABILITATION

Adoma manages 404 social residences in France.

Formerly Sonacotra homes, these housing estates initially dedicated to migrant workers of the Maghreb or sub-Saharan origin started in the 1950s. The rooms, most often shared, welcomed 3 to 4 residents. The common lavatories gathered on each floor, and the shared kitchen allowed the inhabitants to meet and share meals.

The population ageing and the need to bring old buildings to fire standards and provide disabled access have led Adoma management to re-examine their park.

Construction / demolition operations

Scheduled throughout France, they aim to improve the living environment of residents by relocating them on-site in studios and one-bed apartments.

They also offer the opportunity to accommodate single women with or without children who currently don’t have access to this type of social housing.

The operation Adoma Péan/Masséna

It is included in the plan initiated by Adoma and the City of Paris to transform migrant workers’ hostel into social residences.

The property complex of two 9-storey towers, joined by a shared staircase, dates back to the ‘70s. It originally had 360 beds divided into 120 single rooms and 80 3-people rooms.

Operation Masséna / Péan, initiated in 2013, will include 380 studios divided into two buildings in 2021.

The work will be carried out in 4 phases:- the demolition of the 120-bed tower,- the construction of the Résidence Péan of 230 studios,- the demolition of the 240-bed tower,- the construction of the Résidence Masséna of 150 studios.

The mission entrusted to the Philippon-Kalt firm includes setting up the overall project and assisting Adoma with the selection of the architect for the second residence.

Péan, the first residence has been contracted to the agency Philippon -Kalt; the second, Masséna, to the agency Saison - Menu.

COMMUNICATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

The urban project proposed for the entire plot respects the characteristics of the HBMs (rent reduced accommodations): built

around an inner garden, facade aligned with other structures, 7 storeys buildings, cut-side at the corner of the street.

The new project emphasises the outline of the plot with the built-up facade of two independent buildings: Péan and Masséna.

The first, Péan, presents a contemporary style that echoes the surrounding HBMs, built between 1926 and 1939. Brick facades characterise this second generation of HBM with grey cement base and bay windows emphasised with a white frame.

The project reinterprets this vocabulary through a perforated sheet metal facade in the tone with the surrounding brickwork.

On the upper floors, the black rain cover creates an impression of density and materiality that brings out the reading of horizontal lines. On the ground floor, the black background gives way to a polished aluminium sheet. This durable material, justified for the base, more exposed to deterioration, offers a changing perception of the facade depending on the sun and viewpoint.

On the roof, the silhouette with broken lines of the acroterium, made of perforated sheet metal, fades into the Parisian sky.

The treatment of the holes echoes the bow windows of HBM. The window edges animate the facade with a play of shadow.

The woodwork, treated with natural anodised aluminium, creates a clear frame around the dark bays

The grouping of the openings and the irregular rhythm of the bays facilitate the integration of this dense social programme in the district by making the number of dwellings undetectable. The glass panels are made of bays and shadow boxes. The latter revealed at night by the studios’ interior lighting.

QUALITY OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

Communal areas mostly open to the public space

On the ground floor, communal areas partake to the animation of the public space.

Wood is used in all spaces: to identify the dwelling doors and to create a warmer interior by dressing the bay windows’ frame. On the ground floor, the ceiling of the common areas is covered with wooden panels that soften the artificial lighting. In the centre of the building, the inner garden follows the topography of the ground offering a vegetation carpet.

A silkscreen fresco