Goal:  Design temporary housing for parents of hospitalized children, based on a set of existing buildings in Gennevilliers. The project must include at least 10 bedrooms and a public-facing facility .

Project steps:

1. Visit the site
2. Take stock of the distinctive features and amenities already present in the neighborhood
3. Research into the experience of parents who have had a child hospitalized over a long period, far from home (research, interviews)
4. Distill this analysis into a condensed set of feelings and perceptions (uncertainty in the face of illness, stress from administrative tasks, powerlessness, mental/physical fatigue, etc.)
5. Identify the needs that follow from this, while recognizing that these needs don't apply to all parents or at all times. For example, some need to withdraw at certain moments, while others seek contact and outside support
6. Define the concept: parents experience a permanent in-between state, split between the hospital and their home. To address this, the project is built around an "architecture of suturing": a place offering spaces of varying degrees of intimacy, all linked by an intuitive path, so that each person can recharge at their own pace
7. Translate this concept into an architectural device: spaces more or less conducive to exchange, connected by a legible path that's easy to navigate; and a decorative motif that runs throughout the building, from balconies and partition screens to bookshelves and acoustic ceilings
8. Choose the public-facing facility: a coworking space that will serve both on-site parents and the public
   

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