Walking TourWalking TourIlot Cygne
Saint-Denis
Renée Gailhoustet's brutalist housing complex from the '70s reimagines medieval urbanism with winding pedestrian paths, angular constructions dripping with plants, and no two apartments alike.
Revolutionary 1970s architecture
Brutalist with greenery
Winding pedestrian pathways
No two apartments alike
Tips
🏛️meters from the Basilica, necropolis of French kings
🌿vegetated terraces integrated into the angular structure
🛍️thriving market adjacent, one of France's busiest
Ilot Cygne
Saint-Denis
Walking TourWalking TourRenée Gailhoustet's brutalist housing complex from the '70s reimagines medieval urbanism with winding pedestrian paths, angular constructions dripping with plants, and no two apartments alike.
Revolutionary 1970s architecture
Brutalist with greenery
Winding pedestrian pathways
No two apartments alike
Tips
🏛️meters from the Basilica, necropolis of French kings
🌿vegetated terraces integrated into the angular structure
🛍️thriving market adjacent, one of France's busiest