To the northeast of Paris, Pantin is the town in the Greater Paris area that has most successfully reconverted its industrial and manufacturing sites into a contemporary urban centre able to attract businesses and new residents to a renewed and buzzing environment.

The operation, located on the Pouchard factories plot, opposite the Canal de l’Ourcq and between the Chanel laboratories, BETC headquarters and the future Station Eco-District, is part of this urban development process.

The site is approximately four hectares and features a Grande Halle, the preservation and rehabilitation of which will be overseen by architects Moatti-Rivière. For the three remaining hectares, agencies Leclercq Associés and ECDM have designed a campus which aims to reflect new needs and requirements related to our evolving relationship with the workplace through its architectural style and the services on offer. Offices and dining outlets will extend over 75,000 m². The ground floor, which is open to the street, will accommodate studios and businesses.

The restored Grande Halle, extending over 11,000 m², will offer a mixed programme which will be open to the public: the Philippe Jaroussky music academy, co-working and training spaces, dining outlets, artists’ studios, an exhibition space, sports facilities, a bike workshop and services.

Nature, vegetation and urban agriculture will feature prominently over two hectares (landscapers: In-Situ).

Finally, les Grandes-Serres, a new, attractive and hyper-connected hub extending along the Canal de l’Ourcq, will foster links with the town through the creation of public spaces and a footbridge over the canal, making direct access to the Église de Pantin district and the metro station of the same name possible.

The ambition behind this project is to create a space designed for living and working that opens up to the town, a collective space where different disciplines and sectors of the public can intermingle in the heart of Greater Paris

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