Housing, Massy

Opposite Massy TGV station, two buildings of student residences and 177 housing units are being built on the site of the demolished Safran block. The organisation of the team into co-conception workshops, the dialogue and the clear attentiveness between the partners has resulted in a joy of conception that is palpable in the urban and architectural harmony of the block.
The sculpted massing creates generous spaces: duplexes, double heights, terraces and loggias clad in timber. All the apartments have views over a canopy of gardens on the ground and higher up.
The two residences pool their functions, with shared circulation and services on the ground floor (breakfast room, cafeteria, laundry, sports room, caretaker's apartment) and at higher level (large shared terrace on the 6th floor). The halls are full-depth spaces, transparent and very high, working with the landscaping concept of permeability at the centre of the block, where access to the many bicycle storage spaces is also found.