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The linear city rather than the intense city was the object of this ambitious project for social housing, heir to Le Corbusier planning. The desire to solve urban growth with one single self-sufficient action led to a paralysing programme. The complex was never finished and many of the facilities were never built. Its isolation from the real city, the contrast with the scale of the surrounding fabric and the situation of illegality which meant the work was abandoned before completion all.
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Project published in the article Hybrid versus Social Condenser by Aurora Fernández Per included in This is Hybrid.

According to Daniel Carrapa, editor of the Portuguese blog A Barriga de un Arquitecto, "those with an interest in contemporary housing design, both architects and students, will likely find Density is Home a powerful source of information.."

Author of the video: Pavillon-Arsenal
Project published in Density is Home

The Paris periphery is unfortunately notorious for containing a large number of large scale interventions, built in the 60s and the 70s, whose architecture has been held partly responsible for the reigning social malaise...

Read the review (only in Spanish)

The Israeli architecture portal ArcHeb.com has published a review of the latest Density series book, titled Density is Home.

Edgargonzalez.com has chosen Density is Home as the Book of the Week.  Edgargonzalez.com is one of the most relevant architectural blogs in Spanish.