In France, where the housing crisis meets the urgency of energy transition, rehabilitation has become both a civic act and an architectural challenge. For SOL Architecture & Urbanisme, a Paris-based practice specialising in occupied-site upgrades, the transformation of Pré de l’Enclos 2 in Villiers-le-Bel exemplifies a new way to renew the existing through design, participation, and care.

© Clément Guillaume
- architects: SOL Architecture & Urbanisme
- Location: Villiers-le-Bel, France
- Project Year: 2024
- Photographs: Clément Guillaume
- Area: 7500.0 m2