La Butte-Rouge garden city, Chatenay-Malabry: flats on the corner of place Francois-Simiand, with a cafe on the ground floor
Architect/Designer | Sirvin, Paul (1871-1977) |
| Bassompiere, Joseph (1871-1950) |
| Rutte, Paul de (1871-1943) |
| Riousse, Andre (1895-) |
Artist/Photographer | Benton, Tim |
Country | France |
City | Chatenay-Malabry |
Subject Date | 1930 |
Image Date | 1976 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | Benton 76-04-01-26 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Tim Benton / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Housing ; Garden cities ; Cafeterias |
NOTES: La Butte-Rouge is one the biggest interwar social mass housing schemes in the environs of Paris. Situated 12 km south of the city, it was the brainchild of Henri Sellier, director of the Office public d'habitations de la Siene. Originally conceived in 1919 by the architects Joseph Bassompiere and Paul de Rutte as part of the Paris extension plan, construction didn't start until 1929, continued up till the mid 1930s and did not resume until after the second world war. Although influenced by the early garden city movement, the layout here was made more formal with a hierarchy of roadways and public squares. Planting was important and the landscape architect responsible for the overall scheme was Andre Riousse, with the architect Paul Sirvin helping to implement the designs of Bassompiere and de Rutte.
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