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Seine-Saint-Denis: discover the (very green) face of the future large hospital of Saint-Ouen

2021-03-05T19:25:23.356Z


After the new courthouse in Paris, the Italian architect Renzo Piano will build the Saint-Ouen university hospital campus, including the


On the computer-generated image, we can see La Défense in a hazy sky in the distance, and we can also recognize the new Paris courthouse on the edge of the ring road.

In the foreground, on the other hand, it is a city center of Saint-Ouen which appears bright, under the sun, and sporting the all-green face of the future hospital-university campus, the opening of which is expected in 2028.

This Friday, the AP-HP, owner of the hospital part, unveiled the winner of the architectural competition.

And as for the Palais de Justice, the Renzo Piano Building Workshop group was chosen.

The Italian architect will therefore be responsible for constructing this building, the most important project carried by the AP-HP for more than twenty years, and whose amount amounts to 1.2 billion euros.

An “urban forest” overlooking the city

Why so much green?

The public establishment emphasizes "taking into account the well-being of patients and the quality of life at work", in particular with this roof terrace which may have uses in terms of health.

The AP-HP also specifies that the jury valued this “large place given to greening which offers, on rue Farcot, an urban forest open to the city for the benefit of the neighborhood and users.

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The “building's capacity for scalability” is also highlighted, made possible by a “very regular grid and its large continuous platforms.

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Arguments that should not easily convince opponents of this project, who denounce the loss of 300 beds with the merger of Beaujon (Clichy, 92) and Bichat (Paris, XVIIIth) hospitals.

This week, they wrote to the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron to “ask him to intervene.

"The cities of Paris and Saint-Ouen have asked for the suspension of the project pending" the examination of its alternative projects (...) and a number of beds and a number of caregivers in increase in the north of Paris.

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Source: leparis

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