Its 400 bunk beds, lined up side by side, had served as the setting for the film 'La vie de Souleymane' (2024), which depicts 48 hours in the life of a young Guinean asylum seeker (actor: Abou Sangaré) who, every day, must fight for a place to sleep in an emergency accommodation centre... Since it was converted into an emergency accommodation centre as part of the "Great Cold" plan during the 2004 winter, the former military barracks on Boulevard Ney had offered conditions that were little more than spartan to people in need. Almost 20 years after it opened, to meet ever-increasing demand (350,000 homeless people in France today) in more dignified and secure conditions, its operator Adoma decided to convert its first two floors into shared rooms and to free up some space on the ground floor for communal areas. This project, entrusted to François Brugel (Winner of the Silver T-Square Award) and Atelier Rita (Winner of the First Work Prize), is now complete.
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