Centre-Humanitaire Paris Nord
2016
TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Humanitarian center for asylum seekers
A temporary center and residence for asylum seekers as a response to the fast growing amount of migrants in France and its capital. A two storey disused SNCF warehouse contains 7 'streets' with refectories, receptions and cabins. An inflated structure houses the administrative centre for all migrants seeking asylum in France. Refurbished shipping-containers house offices and hospital. Stairs, ramps and other elements of access and circulation made with timber and scaffolding.
MATERIALS_
Refectories&receptions: Scaffolding, Tarpaulin, timber.
Cabins: Prefabricated Timber structures, Tarpaulin, plaster, paint.
Sanitaries, Offices, Hospital: Fully fitted Shipping containers.
Access points: Timber and scaffolding.
Client: Emmaus
architect: Julien Beller
Project with Depuis 1920