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The students have formed the YA+K association (Young Architects + Konnexion) and are going to help the local residents, community associations and community centres from Seine-Saint-Denis to reclaim the site – Maurice Thorez Esplanade – while involving them in a collective construction and development initiative. The initiative got underway on 11 December with an informal discussion arranged with the Pablo Neruda community centre at a sociable evening event held on the esplanade.
The project scooped the third Student Solidarity Award, which was presented by the Veolia Foundation in June.