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Chapter 1
Éric Lejoindre, mayor of the 18th arrondissement
How are the Olympic and Paralympic Games helping to accelerate the urban transformation of Paris? Monocle’s Tom Webb met up with Éric Lejoindre, the mayor of Paris’s 18th arrondissement, to find out more.
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Chapter 2
Tayomara Gama: sports development
Tayomara Gama is the sports leader for Gensler Europe and someone who is passionate about the transformative power that sports architecture can have to create better cities. She joined us to discuss the effect that sports development can have on the built environment.
7 minutes
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Chapter 3
Jacques Baudrier on the housing crisis
Like many cities around the world, Paris is battling a housing crisis. Jacques Baudrier, deputy mayor of Paris for housing and the ecological transition of buildings, tells us that despite the city being hard at work to implement fixes, there’s still a long way to go.
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Chapter 4
Aquatics Centre for Paris 2024
Cécilia Gross, partner at VenhoevenCS architects, and Laure Mériaud, partner at Ateliers 2/3/4, tell us about their work in delivering the only permanent new building created for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and how it will help revitalise the neighbourhood Saint-Denis.
5 minutes
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