RHIZ’HOME : LE VILLAGE DE L’ARSENAL

Rueil-Malmaison, France

Rhiz’Home : Le Village de l’Arsenal
Rueil-Malmaison, France
2018

program: Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris 2 – Site Écoquartier de l’Arsenal : construction of two housing blocks, a gourmet hall, an ideas hall, a sports center, restaurants and development of a central public square
> total area: 20 267 m2
> residences: 17 360 m2
> restaurants: 1 107 m2
> sport: 1 440 m2
> fabrique royale: 360 m2
client: BNP Paribas Immobilier, SOPIC, In’li, Engie
project: Alfonso Femia / Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia with Ateliers 5
landscaper: Après La Pluie
images: ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
“The success of the Grand Paris will be connected to its inhabitants, its users, its citizens. To their appropriation of every urban space, tomorrow as today, because to transform the metropolitan area you must first transform how the city is experienced. Never the other way around.” AF
Our belief is simple: the success of the Grand Paris will be connected to its inhabitants, its users, its citizens. To their appropriation of every urban space, tomorrow as today, because to transform the metropolitan area you must first transform how the city is experienced. Never the other way around.

Our goal for Rueil-Malmaison is to arouse a desire in its inhabitants: the recovery of the “13th village” thanks to singular and coherent uses of the spaces.

#Innovation. Experiment here to replicate elsewhere
Our project will develop the urban fabric of the Arsenale. However, its vocation is to shine beyond Rueil. Responding to the challenges of Rueil-Malmaison will therefore make it possible to adapt innovative models to the scale of the metropolis. Local opportunities will thus become sources to inspire and improve a Greater Paris.

#Diversity. Bringing together the various actors for new ideas
Entrepreneurs, associations… We want to bring together different actors to build the city. This diverse ecosystem will give Rueil-Malmaison a new energy. Through this plurality, we aim to broaden the fields of innovation. Our goal: to create new synergies for the metropolis.

#Pragmatism. Develop a realistic ideal
Our project is at the service of its inhabitants, evolving with them. Our intention is to develop the Grand Paris. This is why we reject great promises that are disconnected from real needs. We prefer to anchor our proposal to the context of the site, both current and future (with the arrival of the subway). A vision based on resilience and pragmatism.