4.2Eden Bio, France
4.2.1 Eden Bio, France
The Project
The site is enclosed by three streets, and was once an orchard and allotments. Paris Habitat, a supplier of social housing in the French capital, held a competition to design social housing in this area. Maison Edouard François (MEF) won with their bisecting and heavily landscaped scheme.
Context
Eden Bio is very close to the famous Père Lachaise cemetery. It is a quiet area (Charonne) with a diverse population – typically Parisian, with boutiques, small cafes and artists’ studios dotted around narrow streets.
‘Greening’ Paris is a very big motive currently: there are proposals to ...
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