Bordeaux, France - 2004
Domain of application: Local
Status: Existing
H’Nord is an eco-neighbourhood housing redevelopment project in the northern part of Bordeaux, which wants to look for people designing the neighbourhood and its services before going to live there, in order to realise a living space reflecting the needs and values of its future inhabitants. The objectives and targets can be grouped into 4 different categories: ecology, economy, social, participation.
The project started when, in 2004, three long standing residents of the neighbourhood began to think about how to exploit a vast industrial area left abandoned for several years in their neighbourhood. They were particularly concerned about the possibility that it could be developed by real estate entrepreneurs who would turn this site into a “massive block of concrete”. These residents therefore started the H’Nord project to transform the abandoned area into something useful for the surrounding neighbourhood.
