Les Grands Voisins
París · Île-de-France · France
Reuse of vacancyCommons and belongingParticipatory urbanism2015-2020
Temporary occupation of a former 3.4-hectare Paris hospital between 2015 and 2020, run by the collectives Aurore, Plateau Urbain and Yes We Camp. It combined social housing, craft workshops, gardens and local shops, and became a European reference for transitional urbanism. The underlying tension: an experiment in shared living with a built-in expiry date, designed from the outset to give way to an ecodistrict with market housing.
- Led by
- Colectivos Aurore, Plateau Urbain y Yes We Camp, con acuerdo del propietario público del suelo (antiguo hospital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul)
- Status
- Historic
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- No, cerró en 2020 y el solar está en obras de un ecobarrio
- Website
- www.lesgrandsvoisins.org ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified primary and secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Les Grands Voisins : l'urbanisme transitoire au cœur de Paris ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Région Île-de-France
- La friche des Grands Voisins fait le bilan de 5 ans d'occupation légale ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Enlarge your Paris