Just a few kilometres away from each other, these two sites are not just geographically close. Both of them represent the will of politicians and of architects to improve the often shocking living...
Taking inspiration from his visionary project "Cité Industrielle", Tony Garnier designed the Etats-Unis district. With its avant-garde architecture and urbanism, this council-owned estate consists of 1500 social flats and houses which offered an ambitious, comfortable alternative to the early 20th C workers' slums.
Today, 25 painted murals on the buildings' gables make up an open-air trail about the concept of ideal city.
