Author: lgi

“For us, cycling is one of the essential conditions for health and well-being at work.”

M.E.V.A, the Employers Movement for Added Bicycle, is an employers’ union which campaigns for all employees to be able to cycle to their workplace, their professional appointments and any other ride linked to their activity in the best possible conditions of safety and pleasure. The members of M.E.V.A. are committed to discussing with public authorities the development of infrastructures dedicated to the safety of cyclists and systems that encourage the use of soft mobility in professional contexts. Romain Beaucher, one of its co-founders, answered our questions.

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On February 9th, the Paris Administrative Court rejected the appeal against the Pleyel-Landy urban crossing project in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). The Lumières Pleyel project will allow the SNCF railway line to be crossed thanks to a monumental 300-metre bridge. Composed of two car lanes, a reserved bus lane and a pedestrian link, up to 8,000 pedestrians are expected during peak hours. With a length of 300 metres, it will shelter several facilities including a “bridge building” which will host offices and services.

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A few weeks ago, Maud Caubet reviewed her career, her vision of architecture and her commitments during a full of authenticity and simplicity exchange with Abvent.

Taking the time to get to know the architect better in this podcast, you will discover the glowing person that Maud Caubet is: an architect, an agency founder, always dedicated to a more virtuous and equal future. With a warm voice, she takes us into her world and we love it!

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Our lifestyles are changing, so are our ways of working, thereby questioning the future of office or business districts such as La Défense. Local players, architects, developers and investors are thinking about it and are already involved in uses change. Among them Maud Caubet has just delivered Nouvelle Vague, a programme of housing, nursery and shops in the heart of Nanterre – La Défense. This project is completed by Origine, an nearby office programme with very high environmental performances, that will be delivered in March 2021.

Read the interview of Pierre-Yves Guice, Managing Director of Paris La Défense, by César Armand in La Tribune

While the hotel industry is experiencing the economic effects of the Covid-19 crisis in France, EXTENDAM had the same steady level of activity than in 2019. With 21 purchase operation in France, the private equity company has remained very active and is confident for the future. “Many continue to rely on the sector’s basics and are preparing for the recovery,” explains Christophe Palierse. This is the case of the management company EXTENDAM, which still intends to maintain its investment level for the sector in 2021.