During the Covid-19 crisis and various lockdown periods, detached and semi detached houses have proved to be more pleasant for families to live in than apartments. There is more space, more intimacy and nature is present in the garden, all these qualities have come to the fore in a context where teleworking is developing. Specific aspects of 446,000 detached or semi-detached houses in Metropole du Grand Paris (being near centralities and public transport services) add to their attractiveness.
This said, these residential urban fabrics are made fragile in sectors of the Metropolis where the pressure of land prices is high, particularly when close to public transport services. However, apart from them being demolished, other forms of transformations are ongoing: expansion with or without raising the height, land plot division and dividing houses. How can these transformations be monitored and accompanied?
This Web’Café was put together based on the note “446,000 detached houses in the Greater Paris - Métropole du Grand Paris -“
This note presents a portrait of the 446,000 detached houses in the Metropolis with accompanying maps, the main stages of their development, their architectural diversity and the profiles of those who live in them. It emphasises the essential role of gardens linked to these houses which represent over 7,300 hectares of green spaces and a potential 3,700 more hectares of garden to be created.
The note concludes with a series of issues illustrating the major challenges for the detached housing urban fabric in the years to come: the framework and accompaniment of changes, thermal renovation, expansion of the ecological and social role of gardens and the preservation of open ground, the diversification of how it is used to encourage its multi-functionality.
Presented by:
- Christiane Blancot, Director of Studies, architect
- Stéphanie Jankel, Director of Studies, urbanist
- Martin Wolf, Study Manager, urbanist
Cartography and statistical processing:
- Marie-Thérèse Besse, Geomatician, cartographer
- Morad Khaloua, Geomatician
- Sandra Roger, Project Manager, statistician
- Anne Servais, Cartographer
With the assistance of:
Jean-François Arènes and Clément Mariotte
