Comments on: Paris Social Housing by ECDM

By: nana

nana — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:03:57 +0000

pourquoi le vert et le rose?????????????????????????????

By: MAD*arx

MAD*arx — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:58:40 +0000

very nice project, especially if you think on what social housing looks usually like on other countries…

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:33:35 +0000

Social Housing in France, especially inside Paris are mainly for priviledged people that are lucky to have contacts inside the welfare administration.
There is a long list of people waiting to have the privilege of keeping for life these low rent housings, done by architects. Every body is a wining in this welfare system, except the poor:

The architect is getting the moral and ethical publicity, the mayor is getting his quota, and behind his extra money from the builders, the bourgeoisie is getting low cost rent for their kids so they can finance their private school inside Paris.

We call it System D, you call it French System…

By: Jay D

Jay D — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:13:26 +0000

i like it! not too sure on the use of the triangles in the courtyard though.

By: Sunspot Design

Sunspot Design — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:15:37 +0000

oo la la
it couldn’t happen in australia where the heritage fundamentalists are in control

By: windbag

windbag — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:36:54 +0000

famul, we live the way we live DESPITE the French, their revolution
and this Jekyll&Hyde project.

By: Gallego

Gallego — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:09:48 +0000

famul: to go outside, ruin everyone’s day and cry out loud “state, take care of me in every aspect of my life” is ‘having balls’? that’s quite a ‘desastrous’ way of thinking.. and if you (=the Britons) don’t like high prices, terrible transport and ruined economy, why the hey do you still vote for those leftist social engineers? do you think they’ll eventually learn how to not screw everything up?

and to the standard of this housing project: can you imagine, how deadly expensive that must be? where do they take that money? not from the taxes they sucked off the market, so that the economy is worse off, more people is unemployed and needs social housing, hey?

By: zetre

zetre — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:30:24 +0000

That trainwreck connection is half the project too me.

Also like the facade samples..

By: famul

famul — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:09:29 +0000

Larry you are right. British building standards, not only for social housing, are extremly poor.
Gallego, at least in France people have to balls to go outthere and being opinionated. They are not afraid to say what they think. French had been outspoke and thanks to them (French revolution) we live the way we live.
In UK, NOBODY dares to do so. In London, prices are extremly high (not only housing), transport is terrible and economy is really desastrous. Why British don’t come out and say what they think? Big mistery.
For the record, I am not French!

By: Gallego

Gallego — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:13:06 +0000

I am pretty sure, that there are ways how to connect old and modern, but this is NOT one of them… the cut between the stone and the glass/metal facade, that’s just disaster! not mentioning the underground-garage-like entrance…

and Larry, better stay where you are.. wherever you are… maybe, if they didn’t have such chic social housing, they would work more and strike less to reach some better apartment…