Renovation
of the Laprade Pavilion

A rehabilitation led by the RIVP

The Cité internationale and the City of Paris Housing Authority (RIVP) launched a call for proposals to rehabilitate this pavilion and give it a new lease of life. The architects of Atelier Botenko were selected following this process. The planned works will improve the building’s energy performance in line with the targets of the City of Paris Climate Plan, particularly regarding housing renovation. The works will take place in two stages: a first phase will be devoted to stripping out the building. The works will then focus on reorganizing the spaces in order to optimize the use of each element of the program.

A new welcoming and inclusive space

As early as 2013, the Laprade Pavilion rehabilitation project was included in the Cité internationale’s master plan, in the context of upgrading the park and the Cité 2025 development programme, which led to the creation of 1,800 new housing units. This ambition was reinforced by the City of Paris’s 2017 participatory budget, through which Parisians selected the “Renovate the Laprade Pavilion” project among the proposals for the 14th arrondissement. The project involved renovating this building to turn it into a community hub open to the neighbourhood, with a social and eco-responsible focus.

The renewal of the western park
The project also contributes to revitalising the western part of the campus park, which has seen the opening of three new houses over the past five years: the Pavillon Habib Bourguiba of the Maison de Tunisie, the Maison de la Chine and the Maison des étudiants de la francophonie. These new housing facilities and the redevelopment of the western park have increased the flow of pedestrians using the site, whether residents, local inhabitants, athletes or walkers. This new inclusive and welcoming venue, open to the city, fully reflects this dynamic of renewal in the western park.