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Architects: Avenier Cornejo Architectes
- Area: 5728 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Schnepp Renou, Charlotte Donker, Simone Bossi
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Manufacturers: Atlas Schindler, Wienerberger, Euxos, Flos, Minco
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Lead Architects: Pierre-Nicolas Georgeton Capucine Cortade Patrick Bourgeois
Text description provided by the architects. Since its construction in 1822, the Ourcq Canal has undergone many metamorphosis. From agricultural land to capital region of France, from Paris to Greater Paris, from industrial transformations to cultural changes, from labour to leisure, the constant renewal of its banks confirm the French adage that one never bathes in the same river. At a time of metropolisation and territorial integration the Ourcq Canal is the common thread of the reinvention of the capital. In the city of Pantin, just before the Paris ring road, converted giants like the Centre National de
