UNIVERSEINE, into the Olympic village -sAINT dENIS

Integrated into the ZAC of the Olympic and Paralympic Village, Universeine will host 6,000 beds and around 33,000 m² of service and work spaces during the Paris 2024 Games. In the legacy phase, the apartments will be reconfigured to accommodate student housing, social housing, homeownership units, a daycare center, retail spaces, and more.

The heart of the blocks has been designed as ecological enclaves and areas of coolness. The uses are spread around large rain gardens that manage all rainfall on the plot.

Wagon has created a natural-looking landscape with the idea of multiplying ecological micro-environments within this restricted space to accommodate life in all its forms.

To achieve this, we developed several plant structures that are applied in the courtyards and on the rooftops: rock gardens, tree clusters, meadows, wetlands, thickets, undergrowth, and more.

These plant structures are arranged to create transparency and refuge spaces for birds, in particular. More than 140 species have been planted and seeded with the intention of providing shelter and food for wildlife while also offering an ornamental dimension for the residents.

A detailed maintenance manual has been created to help preserve this diversity of habitats and biodiversity over time through gentle and reasoned gardening practices in the courtyards.

Vinci - Real Estate, Architects: Clément Vergély Architectes (coordinator), Béal & Blanckaert, Pascal Gontier, Lina Gohtmeh, Gaëtan Le Penhuel, BET Incet