Transforming Former ACI Factory into 680 Housing Units and T6 Tram Station in Villeurbanne, Lyon: A Major Urban Development Project

Par Editorial Lyon
Published on 17 Mar 24 at 6:24 See my news Follow News Lyon

The site of the former ACI (Auto Châssis International) factory of 5.4 hectares, located between the Doua campus and the Gratte-Ciel district, in Villeurbanneis a marker of the industrial history of the metropolis of Lyon.

It will be transformed into a huge neighborhood with 680 housing units and a station on the T6 tram line.

Housing, a nursery and business premises

The land was acquired by the Renault group in 1970 for the manufacture of automobile parts. The automobile manufacturer has gradually transferred its activities from 2019 to the Lyon metropolitan area.

From June 2021, the Métropole de Lyon and the City of Villeurbanne have initiated partnership work with Renaultin order to define a new future for the ACI wasteland with an urban project built around a park and the T6 tramway.

Major work is underway to prepare for the arrival of the T6 tram in this new district of Villeurbanne. (©Grand Lyon / Thierry Fournier)

“It is a ‘piece of town’ which is being built on this surface of more than five hectares. A city which remains accessible to everyone (680 housing units, more than a third of which are social housing), which creates economic activity premises (8,000m²) and which is building a municipal crèche,” rejoices the mayor of Villeurbanne Cédric. Van Styvendael, visiting the site on Friday March 15.

A park and a station for the T6 tram

In the heart of the district, a 2.3 hectare park will be developed and a T6 tram station will allow you to get closer to the Sky Scrapers and the Doua campus in a few minutes.

The “Salengro” station will be one of ten new stops on the T6 extension. In order to maintain the memory of the place and recall the industrial heritage of the district, the future station, located to the northwest of the site, will denote traditional stations of the tram network.

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Around ten metal beams and posts from the old factories will be used for its design. Special treatment of the furniture colors will be planned. Work began in March and will continue until at least the end of summer 2024.

Social and accessible housing

“The design of the station will also give pride of place to vegetation with the installation of a pergola as well as the planting of trees and flower beds to strengthen and diversify the plant atmospheres and to combat urban heat islands. », Specifies the Métropole de Lyon.

Here is the plan of the future Villeurbanne district. (©Grand Lyon)

On the housing side, a large number of apartments will be built. The mixed housing operation provides in particular 320 family housing units on 22,300m², including 35% social housing or real solidarity lease housing, and 55% free access.

Added to this are 270 accommodations specifically dedicated to students and 80 to seniors out of 10
600m², including 30% social. This new district should be completely completed by 2027.

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