New Paris district shows how to create truly sustainable cities

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New Paris district shows how to create truly sustainable cities


29 May 2018

By David Thorpe

Read More: https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/ur...e-cities/99115

A regenerated neighbourhood of Paris is becoming a world-leading example of how to construct a sustainable, net-zero carbon city with Passivhaus design, renewables, biodiversity improvement, water sensitive urban design and smart waste practices. As befits the city that gave the world the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Clichy-Batignolles development is being constructed in line with the city’s ambitious sustainable development policy, particularly its climate and biodiversity plans.

- Located on the site of an old railway yard in the 17th arrondissement in the city’s north-west, the 54-hectare urban renewal project will eventually be home to 7500 residents and provide employment for at least 12,000. At its heart is a 40,000 square metre park. --- At a total cost of €505.7 million it will eventually comprise a judicial centre, theatre, cinema, 495,000 sq m of real estate including 200,000 sq m of housing (of which half is social housing, 30 per cent owner-occupied, and 20 per cent intermediate), 105,210 sq m of offices, 25,000 sq m of shops, and 28,000 sq m of public facilities. The area along Avenue de Clichy, containing 1400 housing units, is now complete. Construction is underway on the other bank of the park and at the Porte de Clichy, and will be finished by 2020.

- All buildings are being constructed to the demanding Passivhaus standard, meaning that the energy consumption required for heating is just 15 kilowatt-hours a square metre of floor space per year, and the overall energy consumption is under 50kWh asqm of floor space per year. The buildings are south-facing and super insulated, capturing and retaining the sun’s heat and warmth given off by their occupants and technology. Buildings are composed of renewable materials while other materials such as PVC are banned. ---The area will contain 40,000 sq m of solar photovoltaic roofs that will eventually generate around 4500-megawatt-hours a year to supply 85 per cent of the remaining energy needs, while deep geothermal energy will provide 83 per cent of the space heating and domestic hot water, so that the entire site will have a carbon neutral footprint.

- Waste (except for glass) is collected by an underground pneumatic network and sucked into a collection terminal on a nearby boulevard from where it is distributed to treatment and recycling centres. By removing the need for lorry collection this reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 42 per cent, carbon monoxide emissions by 98 per cent, nitrogen oxide emissions by 86 per cent and particulate emissions by 90 per cent. --- Car use is minimised and walking and cycling are encouraged through neighbourhood design. A metro line, a rail link and a tram connection are to be extended to the district. An iconic 160-metre-high tower designed by Renzo Piano will house the future Paris Palace of Justice. Diversity is ensured by combining social family homes, free or at controlled rents, residences for students, with homes for young professionals and elderly people, plus shops, public facilities and offices.

- The Community Energy Management Platform will process energy data from buildings (electricity and heat) and public facilities (electric vehicle stations, street lighting and automated waste collection) in real time to define optimisation scenarios. It aims to achieve the objectives of the climate change plan, to emit 90 per cent less CO2 and satisfy Passivhaus requirements. This is expected to create a new economic model based on energy savings and the creation and perpetuation of new services. “Smart grids at the local level are central to build a zero carbon city,” Jean-Louis Missika said. --- “With the CoRDEES project, we experiment with smart grid solutions and effective governance to reach ambitious energy performance targets. We hope the Clichy-Batignolles eco-district will act as a model for other cities.” --- All of this will allow Paris to demonstrate excellence in sustainability, showing how cities can become carbon neutral and provide a home for both nature and people.

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[Barney Greengrass]

Very interesting, I had not heard about this. The French have always been innovative when it comes to Urban planning, some good, some bad, this appears excellent. I'm excited to see what happens on Ile Seguin too, just south of Boulogne-Billancourt, basically part of Paris where a huge, former Renault facility is becoming an arch/urbanization lab.

http://www.jeannouvel.com/en/project...e-lile-seguin/

[mousquet]

Well, at least we've been trying. It will be a win if local material designers and architects can enhance this new kind of standards to the point they can massively export it.

Some wooden buildings are underway over Rive Gauche, the neighborhood of the 13th arrondissement undergoing redevelopment. I think there are 3 of these 15-floor tall.
That'll be interesting to see. Basic structures will be partly made of steel and concrete, but most materials will be wooden otherwise.
It's hard to maintain wood, so I'm curious about the treatment they'll suggest in this case.

[Minato Ku]

Clichy Batignolles by Minato ku, sur Flickr


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The newly opened rue Mstislav Rostropovitch

rue Mstislav Rostropovitch by Minato ku, sur Flickr


Rue Mstislav Rostropovitch by Minato ku, sur Flickr

[yuna79]

wow this really makes me interst to learning more about architecture this projcet big and great, this really looks futuristict, thanks to make this, i got some new power to be great architect in my country indonesia