Following a year鈥檚 work to deliver a bid in response to the call for projects organised by the City of Paris, the international jury has selected an ambitious proposal that combines a high quality lifestyle and environmental standards and will turn the into the French capital鈥檚 first zero-carbon neighbourhood.

, an architecture and urban planning practice, and the landscape designer OLM have designed the 脦lot Fertile (鈥済arden city block鈥�) around a vast central garden. The resulting mixed-use development of more than 34,000聽m虏 will help to create an innovative economic and social ecosystem:聽

• more than 400 new homes, financed by ICF Habitat La Sabli猫re聽and a private investor:

• a student residence with 150 studios managed by ARPEJ;

• a residence for 160 young people in work managed by the Parme association;

• approximately one hundred family homes (private, social and mixed rentals);

• a 5,000 m虏 indoor sports facility led by UCPA with a 200-bed youth hostel and many sports facilities ;

• an apartment/office/hotel concept of 125 lofts developed by Zoku, a Dutch company;

• a business incubator dedicated to environmental innovations run by Impulse Partners;

• more than 7,300 m虏 of offices;

• a last-mile logistics hub employing the Geodis 鈥淒istripolis鈥� concept;

• a 鈥済reen base鈥� for Les Jardins de Gally鈥檚 landscaped garden maintenance business;

• a co-working caf茅 space, a new concept developed by Anticaf茅;

• 800 m虏 of local shops.

and its partners were the winners out of 28 contestants, thanks to a project built on four key pillars:

• Construct an exemplary model for urban development in environmental terms embracing an entire neighbourhood that meets the targets set by the City of Paris for 2050. Unheard of for a project on this scale, the 鈥渮ero carbon鈥� approach will begin with construction methods using low-carbon concrete and timber, thanks to the innovative procedure developed by . The approach, promoted by WWF, will be pursued with the residents and users thanks to the NGO.

• Restoring nature to its rightful place thanks to the vast central garden, which provides environmental continuity with the green infrastructure of the old Petite Ceinture railway. All levels, from ground floors to roofs, will be planted. This will take many different forms 鈥� fruit trees, shrubbery, vegetable gardens 鈥� and will satisfy both ecological and social demands. This garden space has been designed to meet the requirements of the BiodiverCity庐 label, in conjunction with Les Jardins de Gally and CDC Biodiversit茅. CDC Biodiversit茅 will act as operator of all outdoor areas. It will commit to a performance level based on indicators.

• Offer a truly original development programme for future residents and local users, making Eole-Evangile one of the key sites of the Grand Paris project. Attractive activities such as a climbing wall, paddle, squash and badminton will be organised in the indoor sports facility by UCPA (the French outdoor sports federation), which is highly experienced in sports instruction. The federation will also run participatory events and will help develop social relations within the neighbourhood, with events held in public areas that will make the 脦lot Fertile a place where young people can enjoy themselves and all learn to get along together.

• Create a powerhouse of social interplay and innovation with the D茅dale agency鈥檚 Living Lab, which will devise sustainable development and urban ecology projects bringing together researchers, students, businesses and local residents. The will organise events in the neighbourhood, in partnership with WWF and all the players present on the site. It will work closely with a network of local Parisian associations, such as the 104 arts centre, the R茅gie de Quartier du 19猫me and Paris & Co.

To make sure that its ambitions are sustained over time, the team of partners has undertaken to ensure that the spirit of these social and environmental innovations is maintained for 10 years.

The works, which will be carried out by 8868体育APP B芒timent Ile-de-France, are expected to begin in mid-2018, with handover scheduled for 2021.