'The Clichy – Batignolles site in the 17th arrondissement in
the West of Paris constitutes one of the last land development
opportunities in Paris and therefore offers potential
for improvement and development that is of primary importance
for the city. The realization of the Clichy –
Batignolles project embodies an in-depth transformation
of the image of North-West Paris. Located on the corner of
the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy and the Boulevard Pé-
riphérique, with immediate access to the multimodal hub
and facing the future Paris Regional Court, the N2 plot
will play a role in transforming the district.
Developer
The Ville de Paris awarded the development of the Clichy-Batignolles ZAC to SPLA Paris
Batignolles Aménagement in October 2010. A new development concession was signed on 15
November 2011 to take into account the major changes in the Northern part of the project.
As part of its mission, Paris Batignolles Aménagement manages the commercialisation of
construction rights for the plots situated within the perimeter of the Clichy-Batignolles ZAC.
Existing buildings
The site of the N2 plot does not currently have any major constructions.
It is provisionally occupied by a bus terminus for lines 138, 173, 74 and 54.
On the Avenue de Clichy side the construction will affect pedestrian and emergency service access
to the Biancotto gymnasium. These access points will be repositioned on the Avenue du Cimetière
des Batignolles, having a de facto impact on the gate, the fences and perhaps even the plants. The
emergency service access to the gymnasium will be re-established by PBA outside the N2 plot.
Urban context
Along with the Cardinet Chalabre ZAC, the Clichy Batignolles ZAC constitutes the operational phase
of a development project that aims to transform the vast railway spaces in the Clichy Batignolles
sector between the Rue Cardinet, the Boulevard Périphérique, the Avenue de Clichy and the Saint
Lazare set of tracks. As one of the last great land development opportunities in Paris, the Clichy
Batignolles sector, which started in 2001, was accelerated in 2003 with the project of installing the
Olympic Village there as part of the Paris candidacy for the 2012 Olympic Games. The grand scope
of its environmental ambition was the main argument for the Paris candidacy. The project was
continued in spite of the negative result. This disappointment was transformed into an opportunity:
the new district developed a strong identity around a city park which was itself conceived around
three themes: water, sport and the seasons.
With a programme of 3,400 housing units and 140,000m² of office space, this sector (including
Saussure) is also destined to establish a link between the old bourgeois districts of Western Paris
and the more working class residential districts of the North.
However, the forthcoming arrival of judicial institutions (TGIP, DRPJ) will have a powerful impact
on the North of the Clichy Batignolles sector, constituting a lasting transformation of the Porte de
Clichy and its immediate environment. The transport service in particular should improve considerably
with a new station on the extended line 14 and the arrival of the tram on the Boulevard
Berthier. This sector on the edge of Paris will contribute to creating a new centre with the town of
Clichy, particularly with the transformation of the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy and the completion
of the esplanade in front of the TGIP.
Located on the corner of the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy and the Boulevard Périphérique, with
immediate access to the multimodal hub and facing the future Paris Regional Court, the N2 plot
will play a role in transforming the district. Located on the corner of the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy
and the Boulevard Périphérique, with immediate access to the multimodal hub and facing the
future Paris Regional Court, the N2 plot will play a role in transforming the district.
Scheduled operations and works
Several office programmes are scheduled in the immediate neighbourhood of the Paris Courthouse.
Urban services (waste sorting plant, freight base, concrete mixing plant) will be located as
near as possible to the transport axes (Boulevard Périphérique, train lines).
The Avenue de la Porte de Clichy is also scheduled to be transformed as part of the Clichy
Batignolles operation. With PBA as the contracting authority, this transformation is financed by
the Ville de Paris. It is worth noting that the 2014/2018 period will be one of great upheaval in this
sector. This period will see, all at the same time, the sites for the extension of line 14 to the
North (including the Porte de Clichy station located under the N1 plot, at the corner of the Boulevard
Bessières and the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy), the extension of the tram line to the West,
the construction of the future Courthouse, the N3 plot (the bar association offices), the work on the
Courthouse esplanade, and the N1 plot. The ground area of the N2 plot will be occupied by the bus
terminus until it is relocated around the Timhôtel block (on the Boulevard Bessières and the Rue
André Suarès), in late 2016 / early 2017.
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Several major lines of the public transport network will converge on the Porte de Clichy, consolidating
the importance of this new metropolitan space. Already served by the RER C line and metro
line 13, it will see the arrival of line 14, extended to the Marie de Saint-Ouen to relieve the congestion
in line 13 and, in the longer term, to Pleyel to the North and Orly to the South. Situated on the
corner of the Boulevard Bessières, the new Porte de Clichy station will also be directly connected
to tram line T3b, extended to the Porte d’Asnières.
Special interfaces
The surface area of the N2 plot must integrate two technical facilities, one existing, the other still
a project.
The Northern tip of this plot must integrate urban heating system facilities (CPCU) in its surface
area (ventilation, access hatches to the network running under the avenue) which cannot be relocated.
The Southern part of the plot must integrate a key facility for line 14: a rectification substation,
linked to the Porte de Clichy station under the N1 plot, to facilitate the electrification of the
line.
SDRIF
The Clichy Batignolles sector is identified in the SDRIF as a zone of metropolitan interest.
The Martin Luther King park is also mentioned as a green space and leisure area that consolidates
the green belt in the greater urban area.
Applicable local urban development plan :
In order to complete the Clichy Batignolles development operation, the applicable urban development
plan has been modified by deliberation 2007 DU 0196. A simplified revision was adopted in
2011 (to accommodate the future Courthouse and change the height ceiling to 50m to the South of
the Bd Berthier).'
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