RENOUVELLEMENT URBAIN

URBAN REGENERATION
International Experience : France
Workshop NASHO – February 2016
Groupe Logement Français
 33m housing units in France, including 4,5m social housing units
 French Housing Group
= 80 000 social housing units, o/w 30% located in « city policy
areas »
= 205 000 people housed
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La CABS
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Content
1. FROM PRECINCT CONSTRUCTION TO PRECINCT RENEWAL
EXAMPLE OF THE NORTHERN PRECINCT OF AULNAY SOUS BOIS
2. A NEW WAY TO CONDUCT URBAN RENEWAL
EXAMPLE OF THE CITE DES INDES IN SARTROUVILLE
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1. FROM PRECINCT CONSTRUCTION
TO PRECINCT RENEWAL
EXAMPLE OF THE NORTHERN PRECINCT OF
AULNAY SOUS BOIS
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Existing assets at inception
 4 400 housing units built between 1969
and1971
 3 malls, 1 tennis field, 1 outdoor theatre, 1
japanese garden
1971, inauguration of the « 3000 »
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Existing assets before renewal
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Existing assets before renewal
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Existing assets before renewal
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1980/90s: first challenges
 Urban:
 No structuring road/street network
 Lack of readability and hierarchy between public and private spaces
 Physical break with the rest of the city
 Economic and social:
 High youth percentage
 Important number of sizeable households
 Low employment rate for « economically active population »
 High unemployment
2004
NORTHERN
PART
CITY
PARIS REGION
Total Population
23 671
80 30
10 951 136
Less than 20 year old
41%
31%
25%
Unemployment rate
27,6%
12%
11,5%
Employed « economically
active population »
28,8%
42%
44,3%
Household size
3,9
2,5
2,4
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Steps for urban renewal
 1996-1999 : Grand Projet Urbain
(« large urban project ») –
upgrading of 750 housing units
 2000-2004 : Grand Projet Ville
(« large urban project ») upgrading of 730 housing units
 2004-2018 : Projet de rénovation
urbaine – upgrading of 1500
housing units and 1 000 units
demolished
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Achievements of the UR project
 Between 2004 and 2020, Northern precinct represents :
in euros
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329 m of capital investments
176 m of investments sur le patrimoine LFn
93 m financed by LFn
81 m grant
 382 housing units for ownership
 Social housing rate goes down from 88% to 80%
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Partnership project management
 Project coordinated by the city, together with:
 Housing operators
 Financiers: State and « département »*
 Project partners: schools, operator/contractor, inhabitants…
 Two project management levels :
 Operational : meeting once to twice a month
 Strategic : meeting three times a year
* intermediary level between province and municipality in France
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Main objectives of the Project
1. Linking the precinct to the city
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former RN2* becomes an urban boulevard**
* National road/semimotorway
** Integrated into the city
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Main objectives of the Project
1. Linking the precinct to the city
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former RN2* becomes an urban boulevard**
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Main objectives of the Project
2. Building a service road/street network for residential area
 124 housing units demolished to create 9 new streets
1997
2010
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Main objectives of the Project
3. Transforming urban forms
 12 « towers » demolished
2006-2009 : Les Etangs, 4 « towers » demolished
2011 : Les Etangs, delivery of « Clos des Sorbiers » and « Clos
des Tulipiers »,
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Main objectives of the Project
3. Transforming urban forms
 Small residential developments
Zéphyr, tranche 2, Christophe Colomb street
« Residentialisation »Tower 41
« Residentialisation » Zéphyr tranche 2
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Main objectives of the Project
4. Replacing with new housing units
 289 new social housing units on-site
 168 new social housing units off-site
Clos des Sorbiers, delivered in 2011
Allées de la Renaissance,
delivered in 2010
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Main objectives of the Project
5. Upgrading existing housing units
 Outside and inside refurbishment of buidings
2013
2010
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Main objectives of the Project
5. Upgrading existing housing units
 Outside and inside refurbishment of buidings
2010
2010
2013
2013
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Main objectives of the Project
6. Functional mix
 Create a new central hub (public facilities and shops/stores)
- 1 hyper market
- 2 super markets
- 12 retail stores
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Main axes of the Project
7. Diversifying the residential supply
 357 private units
 90 social units for ownership
 58 intermediary units
137 units for ownership, Bouygues immobilier
90 social units for ownership, SCCV Aquilon
103 units for ownership, Bouygues immobilier
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Main axes of the Project
8. Enabling smooth territory management
 Reorganise utilisation options
 Public consultation
Bornes enterrées
Tenants consultation
Family gardens, résidence Zéphyr T1
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Bottom line
 Existing assets fully upgraded
after the PNRU*
Upgrade from rank D to C or B
in terms of thermal insulation
 Hierarchy of road/street
network and improved raffic
conditions
 Outdoor spaces well defined
* National Programme for Urban Renewal
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Bottom line
But…..
 The precinct remains isolated from the rest of the city because of a
social and economic gap
 Limited social mix
-> Integrate private developers in the project implementation
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Bottom line
 Evolution of the % social housing in the area
at the ZUS* scale
Before PRU** :
6 200 housing units, o/w 5
466 social housing units,
that is 88%
* Sensitive Urban Zone
** Urban Renewal Project
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Residential mix on-site
 Evolution of the % social housing in the area
at the ZUS scale
At the end of PRU :
6 050 units, o/w
4 795 social units,
that is 79%
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2. A NEW WAY TO CONDCT URBAN RENEWAL
EXAMPLE OF THE CITE DES INDES
IN SARTROUVILLE
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Precinct at inception
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1st project 2006-2020
 Objectives and programme :
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Stop the enclave condition and open up the precinct to the rest of the city
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Improve living conditions for inhabitants
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281 housing units demolished  reduce density at precinct core
Creation, refurbishement of roads
Development of public spaces, 1088 housing units residentialised
Renovate and diversify housing supply
Refurbishement of 468 housing units, construction of 185 new social housing
off-site
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Diversify functional mix inside the neighborhood
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Creation of a business park
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1st project 2006-2020
 Financing
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Total investment : 220 M€
Total investment for Logement Francilien (French SHI) : 67,6 M€
 o/w grants : 26,2 M€ (38%)
 o/w own Logement Francilien resources : 41,3 M€ (62%)
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First assessment of the actions conducted on-site
 Transformed precinct core : creation of quality public spaces
 Improved living conditions, to be continued (residentialisation,
refurbishments)
 First step towards diversified functional mix (business park)
 Precinct getting « calmer »
 Strong shift in the precinct image
 But: no social mix in the precinct (100% social housing after 1st
programme)
 Inhabitants involvement in the precinct to be improved
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A 2nd programme under preparation
 Creation of a new model for urban renewal
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A necessity: identify new partnerships and new economic models to
transform precincts, with less public funds
An opportunity: a site with high « potential » and a developer ready to
commit on the long term
Guiding principle: create value by developing the land as the programme
moves forward
-> Private developer involved in project management to define the
programme with all relevant stakeholders
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Issues at stake for the 2nd programme
 Quartier des Indes to become an attractive, mixed and sustainable
precinct :
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Deeply transform the cité des Indes
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Create diverse and attractive housing supply for current and future
inhabitants
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Image shift
Attractiveness for new inhabitants
Social mix
Develop a quality urban supply (facilities, shops…)
 Ensure quality lifestyle for inhabitants whithin a precinct in evolution :
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Keep service delivery quality
Support to households
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New project
 300 housing units demolished under 5 big phased over 20-30 years
 New projet construction capacity of 2600 units:
 In the Quartier des Indes : 1 800 units, o/w 35% social rental units
(630 social rental + 1170 ownership)
 Nearby: 800 units, o/w 35% social rental units (280 social rental +
520 ownersihp)
 Diversified supply: social housing, social ownership, retirement villages,
young professional residences, ownership
 Diverse architecture : stand-alone houses, split-level apartments, maisons,
duplex, intermediary housing (between social and commercial), medium-to-high
rise buildings, etc.
 First thoughts about a future project
 « capacity » study to check the feasibility of a mixed project on the
Cité des Indes site
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2016-2018
Phase 1
Building4
02/03/2016
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2018-2020
Phase 2a
Tower 18
Tower 17
02/03/2016
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2017-2023
Phase 2b
Building 1
02/03/2016
Building 2
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2020-2026
Phase 3
Building 12
Tower 13
Tower 19
02/03/2016
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2023-2029
Phase 4
Building 10
Building 11
Building 9
02/03/2016
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2026-2031
Building 3
Phase
5
Building 7
Building 6
Building 5
02/03/2016
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Phase 4
Phase 3
Phase
2b
Phase
2a
Phase 5
02/03/2016
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