https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/France-s-Housing-Projects-Recounted-Through-Postcards.html https://metropolitics.org/France-s-Housing-Projects-Recounted-Through-Postcards.html 2026-04-21T05:00:00Z text/html en Florine Ballif & translated by Oliver Waine architecture banlieue grands ensembles heritage urban heritage public housing suburbs social housing urban planning urbanism photography memory <p>The selection of postcards presented by Renaud Epstein in his book On est bien arrivés (“We've arrived safely”) invites us to look at France's large postwar social housing projects and their inhabitants from a different, more sensitive perspective, far removed from the usual stereotypes. <br class='autobr' /> This original book sheds light on a forgotten—even ignored—object: postcards showcasing France's postwar social housing projects, or “grands ensembles”. In this book, political scientist Renaud Epstein</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Reviews-.html" rel="directory">Reviews</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-architecture-+.html" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-banlieue-+.html" rel="tag">banlieue</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-grands-ensembles-+.html" rel="tag">grands ensembles</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-heritage-+.html" rel="tag">heritage</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-heritage-+.html" rel="tag">urban heritage</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-public-housing-+.html" rel="tag">public housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-suburbs-+.html" rel="tag">suburbs</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-social-housing-+.html" rel="tag">social housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-planning-+.html" rel="tag">urban planning</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urbanism-+.html" rel="tag">urbanism</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-photography-+.html" rel="tag">photography</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-memory-+.html" rel="tag">memory</a>