The house: an [efficient] machine for living.
Le Corbusier as a starting point, but with another question on the table: how to build collective housing today, on a fragmented plot, with demanding regulations, without that meaning giving up quality or environmental common sense.

The plot is divided into four independent parcels, each with its own structure and circulation core. 52 dwellings in total. All have at least one room facing the public realm. The main façades face northeast, which in itself reduces unwanted solar gain. Those facing the rear courtyard, to the southwest, are protected with adjustable anodized aluminium louvers that each resident can regulate depending on the time of day or the season. Cross-ventilation is not presented as an extra; it is a condition of the typology.

The construction system is prefabricated and modular. The decision has an economic aspect, but it also has a direct consequence on site: less waste, lower water and energy consumption during construction, and a building that is then easier to maintain or adapt. The materials are left exposed (concrete, anodized aluminium, terrazzo) because every finishing layer that is eliminated is one less pathology and a maintenance cost that will not appear ten years from now.
In social housing this matters especially. A building that does not deteriorate quickly, that its residents can understand and manage, that does not accumulate special assessments or technical problems as the years go by, is a building that remains dignified long after handover. That is also part of the project.