Cité Paul-Langevin

Cité Paul-Langevin is the first collective social housing project initiated by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism after World War II. Commissioned in 1946 to architect and urban planner André Lurçat, who collaborated with several associate architects, the development occupies a triangular site near the historic center of Saint-Denis. It features eleven small five-story apartment blocks arranged in an orthogonal grid, both grouped and isolated. Some of these blocks are connected by porticos that delineate green spaces designed for children's play.