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Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Habiter Autrement
- Area: 6852 m²
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:Philippe Ruault
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Sustainability Consultant: Transsolar, Franck Boutté
Cenon has a typical suburban form of disparate housing blocks spread out over a flat territory, but on an early visit to the site, Habiter Autrement found a beautiful umbrella pine tree growing there, and the idea of making a pine wood became the starting point of the project. The wood creates a specific environment to which the building form can relate and, when full-grown, the trees will help to create a pleasant distance between apartments, giving their inhabitants the feeling of being in their own park without abandoning a vital density.
