Justice
Turning a Suburban Architectural Experiment Into a Community Hub
Just north of Paris, Julien Beller’s Le 6B collective in Saint-Denis has given new life to a formerly abandoned building and its blue-collar neighborhood.
Architect Julien Beller likes to describe his various projects as acts of “urban acupuncture.”
Increasingly in France, his work symbolizes an alternative approach to architecture and community. His various projects over the years—from exchanges of architectural savoir-faire with communities in Cameroon, Mali, and Morocco with his association AoA to his most recent collaboration with the City of Paris to build a temporary welcome center for the hundreds of refugees arriving in the city each week—reveal his approach as both holistic and eclectic.