Plessis-Robinson, Ile-de-France

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"L’aboutissement de notre projet de ville Dix ans… Il a fallu près de dix ans pour faire aboutir, à l’issue d’un processus complexe, ce projet aux dimensions exceptionnelles. Exceptionnelles par sa taille: c’est un quartier de 21 hectares et plus de 1300 logements qui est sorti de terre. Exceptionnelles par son concept: ce quartier a été conçu autour d’une rivière artificielle appelée à devenir un véritable écosystème. Exceptionnelle par son ambition: faire cohabiter dans un même quartier, avec la même architecture douce, des populations trop souvent contraintes de vivre séparées, cloisonnées, prisonnières de leur statut social."

Philippe Pemezec

Vice-Président du Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine

GEOGRAPHY AND TRANSPORT

The town is located 6 kilometres to the south west of Paris and is close to large urban areas and the most important economic centre west of Paris. It is ideally located right next to two motorways and is only 15 minutes from Paris and Orly international airport by rail. The rail links are excellent with the journey to Charles de Gaulle airport being less than an hour.

WELCOME TO
LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON!

The construction of the new urban centre is part of a particular town planning policy which the Municipality of Plessis-Robinson developed at the beginning of the 90s in order to start a virtuous process of transformation of a typical suburban settlement into a true urban environment. The project of François Spoerry develops an attitude towards the creation of a hierarchy-oriented urban fabric in a regional style which strongly contributes to establish a clear identity in an suburban settlement which has chaotically grown up in the periphery of a large metropolis like the Franch capital. Being conceived as a model for future similar interventions of urban renaissance, the re-urbanisation plan has proven to be highly successful among the residents. While the reduced budget of these social housing settlements did not allow the use of marble and stone, the extreme attention paid in the design process has led to a remarkable result of balance between the richness of details and the global coherence of the whole.

THE PRINCIPAL DESIGNERS WHO DEVELOPED THE PROJECT WERE:

François Spoerry
Xavier Bohl
Marc & Nada Breitman
Jean Christophe Paul
Marc Farcy
Diala Haddad and Jaques Simon as landscape-architects

Le Plessis Robinson, 1931

CONVENTIONAL SLAB URBAN APPROACH

Lower material volume

Higher waste column

Sourcing from all over the world

Unsustainable housing for workers

Higher impact on Eco-system

Le Plessis Robinson, 2009

LE PLESSIS ROBINSON

ORGANIC ECO-COMPACT CITY

Twice the volume of materials

Balance of cut and fill

Consolidation center for management of deliverables

Bunds to manage water and pollution

Off-site manufacture and pre-assembly to reduce waste

Local sourcing where possible

Sustainable housing for workers

POPULATION

The town developed rapidly at the start of the 20th Century and the population now stands at 21.300

CITÉ BASSE

Surface: 4 hectares
Park
public gardens
5 piazzas with retail
240 units of social housing
Construction begin: 1992
End of construction: 1996

BOIS DES VALLÉES

Surface: 3,5 hectares
public school
sport facilities
handicap facilities includind an office for work access
green
250 residential units
(1/3 police, 1/3 social-housing, 1/3 private)
Construction begin: 1992
End of construction: 1995

CŒUR DE VILLE

Surface: 12 hectares
Public Buildings
Jardins de l'Hotel de Ville, de Sertillanges,
de l'Orangerie, Market, multilevel-parking
30 reatil unit, 1200 apartments,
80 units of social housing
Construction begin: 1990
End of construction: 2000

CITÉ HAUTE

Surface: 15 hectares
Urban renaissance of the old garden-city
Retail
774 residential units
Construction begin: 1992
End of construction: 1996

NOUVELLE CITÉ-JARDINS

Surface: 24 hectares
Schools. Hospital, wellness, Jardins du Souvenir, park, supermarket, bricolage,
30 retail units, market piazza,
1300 residential units, maisons de ville,
250 social-housing units
Construction begin: 2006
End of construction: 2009

QUARTIER JOLIOT-CURIE

Surface: 2,3 hectares
Schools, municipal offices, sport facilities (football, basket), gardens
Construction begin: 2001
End of construction: 2004
Education and Sporting Organisations
There are 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools.
There are a number of sporting organisations in the area including an Athletics Club, martial arts, basketball, football, American football, gymnastics, karate, extreme sports, petanque, rugby, tennis, table tennis, archery, triathlon and volleyball

BUSINESS ACTIVITY

There are three commercial zones with over 240 companies and 11,000 employees.
The zones started up in the 1960's and are popular with firms as they are well positioned, being in close proximity to Paris but with cheaper land prices and easy motorway access.
There is an Industrial Zone with 49 companies, mainly electronics, aeronautics, pharmaceuticals and agribusiness. A well known company operating in this zone is Coca-Cola.
Secondly, there is a Business Zone dominated by electronics and information technology and Renault are located in this zone.
Finally, there is a Technology Park which is occupied by 40 companies, mainly in electronics, information technology and pharmaceuticals with one of the main companies being Hewlett Packard.

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT

Supports more residents

Delivers more jobs

Will attract more visitors

SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES

To preserve the wetland habitat

To create an integrated, vibrant and evolving community

To improve quality of life and create desirable lifestyles

To create an accessible city

Managing the use of resources in an integrated manner

Working towards carbon neutrality

Utilizing governance to achieve long term economic, social and environmental sustainability

ENVIRONMENT

The town is very green but compact, and still retains the charm of a country village with the facilities of the urban pattern.
There are 7 parks and gardens with 50 hectares of forests and parks.

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