Artificialization of land: in Val-d’Europe, “buildings are growing like mushrooms”

2023-10-05 05:14:53

It’s not yet 10 o’clock, but the last layer of plaster has just been applied. In Chessy (Seine-et-Marne), around ten workers, helmets on their heads, are busy on each floor of a large scaffolding. The building, which has just been built on rue d’Ariane, provides 80 habitable housing units by next year. Others will follow, as evidenced by the trucks and cranes that have become a permanent fixture in the neighborhood. Between two finishes, some workers scan the horizon. Acres of abandoned land with dried herbs and roasted thistles stand opposite the building under construction. Like an image from a not so distant past.