프랑스의 대형 주거단지 ‘그랑 앙상블’의 실패와 그 재생수법에 관한 연구

Abstract

The grands ensembles, or large-scale high-rise housing projects, are widely regarded as notorious products of postwarFrench government policy in the area of housing and urban planning. There was a general consensus that the grandsensembles had been a ‘failure’. They were perceived as the source of all the ills of the contemporary city, asresponsible for a social breakdown stemming from lack of infrastructure, geographical isolation, and monotonousenvironments. French government embarked on a broad renovation effort in light of the deteriorated condition of grandsensembles in the 1980s, which has been approved as generally ‘successful’. This study focusing on French cases allowedme to demonstrate that following qualifications are critically important for successful housing projects: urban contextualcontinuity, socially mixed community, authentic planning for achieving sense of place, relationship between collective andindividual expression, et cetera.

The grands ensembles, or large-scale high-rise housing projects, are widely regarded as notorious products of postwar French government policy in the area of housing and urban planning. There was a general consensus that the grandsensembles had been a ‘failure’. They were perceived as the source of all the ills of the contemporary city, as responsible for a social breakdown stemming from lack of infrastructure, geographical isolation, and monotonous environments. French government embarked on a broad renovation effort in light of the deteriorated condition of grandsensembles in the 1980s, which has been approved as generally ‘successful’. This study focusing on French cases allowed me to demonstrate that following qualifications are critically important for successful housing projects: urban contextual continuity, socially mixed community, authentic planning for achieving sense of place, relationship between collective and individual expression, et cetera.