Dumont d'Urville

Simple yet assertive volumes, whose geometries and materials are drawn from the context. The party walls stitch together the contemporary development zone and the older buildings; stepped terraces bring a human scale.

The planted courtyard, sheltered from the wind, manages rainwater and becomes a meeting place. The plinth, whose material recalls the Saint-Nicolas district, protects the privacy of the ground floor and hides the parking. Every home has at least two aspects.