Paris' Most Unusual Housing Project: NBC Left Field

Built on the outskirts of Paris between 1978 and 1983, Les Espaces d’Abraxas and Les Arcades du Lac were an attempt by France to make architecturally adventurous social housing that inspired the creativity of their residents. Thirty-five years later, what’s life been like for the inhabitants of this uniquely Parisian social experiment?


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[DavidJGillCA]

No mention that the architect is Ricardo Bofill. It might have been interesting to interview him as part of this story, no?