Chartier Dalix, Avenier Cornejo: Lila

The new building features a triple program: homes for migrants and young workers and a kindergarten for 66 children at the ground floor.

Located in the twentieth arrondissement of Paris, it is a link with Lilas. Immersed in a topographic changing context (the périphérique on the backgorund, its coverage, the slope of the area, the arthouse cinema complex Etoile des Lilas), the building absorbs these altimetry as new references, creating its own system of “urban balconies” that dialogues with these new urban strata.

This very compact project with its several programs transforms the building into a real little machine for living. The density assumed by extremely rational plans (development and distribution studios) has two breaths, acting at the urban level as a point of view of applications.

The first is horizontal, formed by an open 3rd floor, it gathers all common facilities (library, gym, communal kitchen …) arranged freely on the tray lookout over the city. The second breath is a vertical fault that brings natural light in all horizontal (and vertical) circulations. In this regard, the architects encourage the use of public spaces (including stairs) which are viewed as places for sharing.

Lila, young worker housings and kindergarten, Paris, France
Program: studios, kindergarten and shared facilities
Client: RIVP
Architects: Chartier-Dalix, Avenier-Cornejo
Area: 9300 sqm
Completion: October 2013