The rehabilitation of the nursing home is conceived as an opportunity to significantly improve the residents’ quality of life. Through research on the evolution of care homes, the project seeks to create a genuine living environment at a human scale, one that can be appropriated by its users and that promotes sharing and the development of social relationships within an open community.
The project proposes three distinct types of accommodation to respond to varying levels of autonomy, personal preferences, and financial means. The main building houses a “classic” care model organized into living units, while an adjacent building accommodates serviced residences. A new extension hosts shared housing for small groups of seniors. These architectural interventions reconnect the site to the street and ensure formal and functional continuity across the entire complex.
Adopting a respectful and conservative approach to existing buildings and vegetation, the project preserves and reinforces the site’s transversal character. At its heart lies a public park, largely demineralized and richly planted, designed as a green lung for the neighborhood and as a place for walking, meeting, and intergenerational interaction.
Interior and exterior spaces are designed to be flexible, comfortable, and convivial, including winter gardens, terraces, shared spaces, and a landscaped accessible roof. The ground floor also integrates functions open to the neighborhood, such as a social grocery store and a café, encouraging exchange and resident autonomy. Overall, the project transforms a purely functional facility into a true place to live, open, inclusive, and deeply connected to its context.
This project was designed in collaboration with Sasha Hughes, Maé Lemal and Pierre-Eli Mahussier.