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Г‰merod, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, image by Guilhem VellutВ via Creative CommonsДЄfter 25 years of active construction, Paris Rive Gauche is now home to more than 8,000 residents, 20,000 office workers, 30,000 students and teachers from the Paris Diderot campus located within a repurposed gristmill and adjacent warehouse, a 10-hectare park, as well as daily necessities such as schools, shops and entertainment venues.

RIVE GAUCHE PARIS SERIES

Supported by a series of circular concrete columns tucked in between the train tracks, the resulting esplanade forms a new ground level that partially serves as the foundation of the neighbourhood, while creating a physical connection between the newly built section and the rest of the 13th District.

Similar to New York City's Hudson Yards, a 2.1-kilometre stretch of rail averaging 80 metres in width is being covered by a reinforced 1.5- to 5-metre-thick concrete slab. In addition, 26 hectares of land are currently being reclaimed on top of an active rail yard. Home, designed by Hamonic+Masson and Comte & Vollenweider, image by Guilhem VellutВ via Creative Commons As international design competitions were held for the layout and architectural forms of the site, work began on the infrastructure necessary to connect the future neighbourhood to the rest of the city, including the construction of sewage, water, and electrical equipment, as well as the realization of new streets throughout the lots, a new bridge across the river, and the extension of Metro line 14. Later named Paris Rive Gauche - in reference to its location on the south bank of the river Seine, commonly referred to as the Left Bank -В the emerging master-planned neighbourhood is Paris' largest urban renewal project since Haussmann's renovations in the 19th century. The Jardins Grands Moulins Abbe Pierre in Paris Rive Gauche, image by Guilhem VellutВ via Creative Commons Mostly consisting of abandoned or under-used industrial properties and rail yards leading to the nearby Austerlitz Train Station, the site was handed over to publicly owned developer SEMAPA in 1991, with the construction of the National Library of France, now a landmark, starting that same year. In 1988, the municipality launched a series of studies considering the potential redevelopment of a 130-hectare site situated in the city's west end into a new mixed-use community. The strong desire for downtown living is forcing the French capital to make the most out of the few spaces still available for development within the city limits. With a population density approaching 22,000 people per square kilometre, Paris ranks among the densest cities in the world.

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