Large redevelopment area in
Ivry-sur-Seine, a Val-de-Marne suburb neighboring central Paris.
Here's something funny:
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Politically, Ivry-sur-Seine has historically been a highly supportive pocket for the French Communist Party (PCF). Since 1925, only three individuals have held the office of mayor, Georges Marrane, Jacques Laloë, and Pierre Gosnat, all of which have been Communist Party members.
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Dayum, 3 mayors in 88 years... So welcome to the heavenly domain of the holy red lords of Ivry.
Below is Ivry. The redevelopment area that I'm watching is bounded to the pink outline.
A bunch of lots to be redeveloped as of this year in there, the resulting district will be mixed-use.
First, schools. This will be an infant (nursery) and elementary school.
Mind you that over here, little kids go to school as of the age of 3. They'll enter elementary school at the age of 6.
Children in there will be surrounded by some of their elders since the mid-rise component is a student rental residence. Notice the retail on the first floor.
That's thoughtful but seeing the renderings, I fear that Red Lord goes too cheap on that school. Indeed, once they've paid for their huge and hilariously slow administrations, there's nothing much left for the useful public projects or public maintenance.
Now the middle school.
Cool modern design. Say a prayer for materials and maintenance.
There's at least one more education facility to come for the Paris 7 university, but the design's not determined yet.
Let's move on to offices, for the red lords are well aware that they need businesses to fund their policies.
Below is a mixed-use project to renovate a 19th century gristmill, adding a contemporary glass expansion to the historic structures.
http://www.bremond-immobilier.com/en...01p01_home.php
It will mostly include some office space seemingly meant for some businesses specialized in either urban planning or computer graphics, but also a bit of housing and a café.
And this to host some gerontechnology and biotech businesses that will take advantage of a nearby hospital of which activities are related to theirs.
That's all the office designs I found for now. More is planned, though.
Finally, housing will be the biggest part as more housing designs are known.
Below are 2 new buildings. The one along the street includes 40 apartments for sale. A second at the center of the lot will be 16 rental apartments of social housing. There's also some retail to the street level.
Much larger, 150 apartments for sale, 100 (too many in this case) social housing apartments.
Holy red lords, they'll never forget to include too much social housing to ensure their re-election. How do you think they've been there in Ivry for so long? BTW in case you'd be wondering how much a regular (for sale) apartment would cost in a suburb like Ivry, see post #190. It's definitely just about the same as in Maisons-Alfort. Remember the dense inner suburbs are getting as overpriced as central Paris itself.
160 apartments (54 social), some retail and a little business space. This includes the renovation of 2 historic townhouses and a way bigger modern complex to break ground.
173 apartments (50 social), some retail and a little business space.
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http://www.bremond-immobilier.com/pa...php?id_ref=153
Now following has to be a red lord super special. They want (quote):
- a third of young workers
- a third of families
- a third of old people
in this complex that they call an intergenerational residence, their holy red lord's Residence for All.
So, my guess is this is full social housing, totally under the control of the municipal administration. But how in this Republic are they gonna do this? I have no idea. I doubt the law would tolerate any case of discrimination based on age.
Anyway...
124 apartments (37 social) in the 3-building complex below.
http://www.bouygues-immobilier.com/p...-villa-moliere
70 apartments, all social housing but the design is decent. So they'll be forgiven if the actual building looks good enough.
A last one, the renovation of these 2 abandoned brutalist buildings of the '60s into 17 apartments, 7 for sale, social otherwise.
You might dislike brutalism as I often do, these are listed in the national historic heritage and seem interesting indeed, so they've got to be preserved.
You find some references to all those projects there if you can read French:
http://www.ivryconfluences.fr/
Those all should be built by 2016 at the latest. Again, many lots are to be redeveloped in the area, so there will be much more to come in the few next years.
I made some fun of the local left wing, because I think their so-called social policies are still quite excessive, if not extremist in the case of their Residence for All. However, I would congratulate them for something.
Something I appreciate very much in those projects, they're going decidedly modern, which I find brave and elegant. Those are contemporary projects to fill in the improving suburbs pretty well. Unlike the conservative wimps of my suburb neighboring Ivry (see post #190 right above), that are still traumatized by the failures of post-war modernism and still building too many wannabe stylish post-modern pastiches. I'm merely fed up with that.
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Good job, hopefully will inspire some further renovations in the post-war high-rise residential district over there.
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