63 housing units for the Bastide-Niel urban development
The Garonne River divides Bordeaux’s urban fabric in two, and its right bank has lagged somewhat in terms of its development. With the Bastide-Niel urban development, the city of Bordeaux is aiming to bring the two banks closer together by creating new centres and increasing the density of these spaces.
The city’s analysis of the programme for this zone has impelled it to provide optimal, comfortable, and durable spaces for this new neighbourhood. It has also sought to enhance existing industrial heritage and, thus, to preserve the identity of this area.
We created a symbiosis between existing walls, which we highlighted, and the new buildings inserted within them, as an architectural version of a Russian doll.
The project includes six distinct blocks that implement the principles of this urban development, featuring roofs with multiple slopes.
The layout of those blocks and the treatment of the common areas help recreate a neighbourhood atmosphere within an ambitious landscaping scheme extending across the entire development zone.
The housing provides generous volumes and views of the entire area, as well as large open terraces.
The materiality of these various volumes is inspired by the mineral imprint of pre existing buildings. The chamfered sections are clad in a stone-tinted ceramic along the facade, and in a coloured stone-tinted concrete for the walls.
Vestiges of the volumes of existing buildings have been represented in the face through the use of a smooth concrete tinted in grey.
Project Management Team
Lead architect : ATELIER CAMBIUM
Architect : OLGGA
Structural Engineer : KHEPHREN Ingénierie
HVAC and Electrical engineer : NEC
Environmental Quality and Energy Engineer : ABM
Facades Engineer : C3
Project planning and site management : B2iX
