New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Project category

Identify the award category for which this project is being submitted
Regaining a sense of belonging

Email user
admin@sambanchet.com

Basic information
Project title
Ass des As – Anzin

Full Project Title
Rehabilitation and extension of a building into 16 inclusive housing, a common living space for vari

Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
The project mainly aims at “facilitated living” housing for people possessing autism problems. Indeed, as an alternative to living in a specialized establishment, to family housing or to ordinary autonomous housing, the proposed approach allows to bring together various characteristics permitting to fulfill the housing needs of the targeted people as well as providing help and support in everyday life facilitating thus an active integration into their local environment.

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Local

Where was your project implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
France

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
City of Anzin, in Noth of France

Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly urban

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2023-01-31

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organisation
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project)
- Name of the organisation(s): sam.banchet studio d'architecture
  Type of organisation: For-profit company
  First name of representative: Martine
  Last name of representative: Sam
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: France
  Function: Co- manager of sam.banchet
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: 19bis rue Nicolas Leblanc
  Town: Lille
  Postal code: 59000
  Country: France
  Direct Tel: +330359547650
  E-mail: admin@sambanchet.com
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In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
This project consists in the creation of 16 inclusive type of housing supported by the association Ass des As that accompanies Asperger people, autistic people without intellectual disability people and their families. Of the 16 apartment units, 6 are created through the rehabilitation and partial repair of a mansion and 10 by constructing a new building in extension, on the same plot.
The site is located along Avenue Anatole France, which constitutes the structuring axis of the city of Anzin. The extension project is located in the back part of the existing building and in the depth of the plot. The first-floor extension is thus positioned as a background to highlight the existing building and take profit from the depth of the vegetated plot.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
Inclusion

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Aesthetic

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Quality

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Living well together

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Belonging

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The objectives of this project in terms of sustainability are reflected by good thermal insulation through the creation of well-isolated housing to avoid the risks of energy loss. Sustainability is also represented by promoting recycling through the re-use of materials and of the existing constructed elements. It was, therefore, essential to make an inventory of the remarkable elements to keep (cupboard, chimney, earthenware, moldings, etc.). Recycling those elements is a stake in terms of aiming for a more sustainable building but also of preserving the identity and history of the place; Not to mention that it brings a significant advantage for the economy of the project.
Moreover, the sustainability of the project is represented by its therapeutic garden.
This one is composed of a walking path with alternating lawns, trees of variable sizes and flowerbeds to facilitate the orientation of people. A rose garden, a scented path, and raised planters to be able to garden without stooping will be part of this garden. There will also be fruit trees or shrubs and a vegetable garden. Picking those fruits and vegetables will be a way to promote more local and artisanal consumption but also could help the residents each season to return to calm and quiet and regain a sense of belonging in this little community housing.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
In terms of aesthetics and quality of experience beyond functionality, the objectives of this project are:
- Reconciling security and freedom
- Providing a thorough walking path in opposition to usual traffic in corridors that are too often designed as functional distribution spaces. The walking spaces here are wide, secured, naturally lighten and possess isolation spaces. The corridors ending in a dead end are usually distressing for people with autistic problems and have therefore been avoided in the development plan.
- Facilitating the spatiotemporal orientation. Indeed, the diversity of places and atmospheres as well as the design promotes the orientation capabilities of people. Adding signs or colouring systems can therefore be useful to make people’s orientation in space easier.
- Enforce well-being and serenity by using adapted colors and lights. For example, for light, natural lighting is preferred, and artificial lighting is punctuated with transitions between heavily lit and less bright areas to meet the difficulties of adapting to light contrasts.
- Stimulate and energize the resident by proposing a stimulating living environment, spaces for animations and group activities and a garden with therapeutic purposes.
- Reduce visual and audible stimuli to limit anxiety by working on the acoustic of the building.
In short: create an adapted, sensitive and inclusive architecture where the residents will belong.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
This project lies in the heart of inclusion purposes as it provides facilities for people that are sometimes considered disturbed peoples. By providing this inclusive and mixed housing, we’re sending a strong message of inclusion and solidarity.
This set of inclusive actions and measures aimed at the development of autonomy, professional integration, social participation and personal development of Asperger and autistic people has been made with the Association Ass des As. All this is to propose an adapted response to the needs of adults, especially in terms of housing and more broadly the need to develop innovative alternatives to enable them to make their life choices.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
The citizens were involved through the Association Ass des As in the design in order to propose a well-thought-out and beneficial architectural project for the resident. Indeed, the architect adapts to his needs by giving him a domestic space easy to tame, promoting the expression of his residual capacities and breaking with the image of the hospital unfit to give temporospatial landmarks to a disoriented patient; By allowing him to walk freely and without risk and finally, by facilitating his care by the staff.
The project is also beneficial for the staff through its architecture which is a tool that allows them to free as much of the logistical tasks as possible so that they devote most of their time to relational and/or medico-technical care.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
In this project the main stakeholders are local because it is indeed a local housing in a little city. But there are far too few inclusive housing throughout France and through the world and so, this could become a global challenge in order to always move towards a way of life more respectful of others and without social exclusion, regardless of the personal situation of individuals.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
In this project, the inclusion criteria were the main issues because in this sense, a good design of premises can be prosthetic and promote autonomy. Conversely, an unsuitable environment can increase dependency and become a real obstacle to the quality of care. That is why, throughout the design process, this issue of inclusion was the main driving force behind the thinking.
But in addition to this crucial issue of inclusion, the concepts of sustainability, respect of the environment, aesthetics and quality of experience are underlying. Indeed, these three elements obviously go hand in hand since here the quality of the experience and the aesthetic appreciation of the premises from its inhabitants goes hand in hand with the inclusion of these. And respect for the environment is today an indispensable criterion of any construction.

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
As this project was completed at the beginning of 2023, its impacts are not yet measurable. However, we can already note that all the challenges and objectives have been achieved in terms of architecture and construction. The first tenants will soon move in and we will be able to make surveys and then constitute first results and impressions of the concerned parties.

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
PDF
PDF
- pdf-1-27127.pdf
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
The project possesses two main innovative aspects: The project is innovative in its nature (inclusive housing for autistic people) but especially in its design, particularly regarding the diversity of audiences:
- Housing reserved for students in social work will allow the establishment of fertile ground for the students to tackle the important question of living together in an inclusive society and to have favourable conditions for building a professional identity.
- This mix brings to life the inclusion of people in a housing that is, by nature, open to other audiences, thus promoting open-mindedness. It also includes, in an intrinsic way, the participation of people with autism, and this from the project’s conception to its realization.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
The methodology used in our project is to keep always in mind the following during all phases of conception and construction :
- Design in line with the needs of residents.
- Considering each specific need.
- The possibility of mixing residents.
- The adaptability of the premises and its accessibility.
- Compliance with sustainability and recycling criteria.
- Think about each element of the project to ensure a sense of belonging for all.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
It is not only people with autism disorders who can benefit from this type of program. Indeed, we could easily imagine setting up the same work procedure to meet the needs of other types of people who present other pathologies or are confronted with other challenges.
Moreover, as an architect team, the design and construction of this project have taught us to take into account the diversity of types of inhabitants for every detail of the design.
In fact, the inclusion of people with disabilities should be done as much as possible, not only in specific buildings but also in all other types of buildings. As architects, it is our responsibility to always think about the adaptability and accessibility of the buildings as much as possible so that all people who are likely to live or enter in it can feel included and feel a sense of belonging.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
This project addresse the challenge of providing facilities for people with autistic problems possessing specific needs. It is based on the fact that there is a severe lack of answers to the needs of adults with Asperger and related autism and their families. Unfortunately, this observation is not localized and is not confined to the North of France. There are far too few inclusive housing throughout France and the world. Thereby, people with autism and their families often turn to more medicalized solutions that do nothing to promote inclusion, resident diversity, inter-help and belonging together. This is why it is essential today to develop this type of inclusive housing in order to give these people and their entourage a sense of belonging and inclusion in society and in active life. This must become a global challenge in order to always move towards a way of life more respectful of others and without social exclusion, regardless of the personal situation of individuals.
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