On the completion of the 2025 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the athlete's village that housed 9000 people will be converted by Vicat into a residential and professional district.
This will bring together more than 2800 new housing units, a student residence, a hotel, two new school groups, as well as 6ha of green spaces including a public park in the heart of the district. In addition, the new site will has space for 120,000m² of activities, offices and services that can accommodate 6000 employees and 3200m² of local shops.
The environmental objectives will be achieved with 70,000m³ of Vicat concrete, 90 per cent of which is low-carbon, making it possible to avoid 5000t of CO2 equivalent, compared to traditional concrete alternatives.
Laurent Legay, director of markets and offer (CMO) at Vicat, explains: "Our solutions met the ambitious carbon criteria of the project. The Athletes' Village also demonstrated the relevance of our solutions, including our Carat concrete, which incorporates biochar, a permanent carbon sink and whose carbon weight is divided by 10 compared to conventional concrete."
