The 19 rue des Bernardins project is a planned family residence (pension de famille) at 19 rue des Bernardins in Paris’s 5th arrondissement, between Boulevard Saint-Germain and the Seine-side Quai de la Tournelle. It will provide 23 individual homes for people in vulnerable circumstances, with support for residents from Emmaüs Solidarité. 23
The scheme adapts a 19th-century building previously used for offices by Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. L’Habitation Confortable, a Paris Habitat subsidiary specialising in collective residences, owns the site; Paris Habitat acts as project owner, while Emmaüs Solidarité is to manage the residence. 23
Alongside the homes, plans include shared spaces and a multipurpose room of 130 square metres opening onto the neighbourhood. Conceived with local residents, the room is intended to host activities for both neighbours and residents. 23 Before redevelopment, an emergency accommodation centre managed by Emmaüs Solidarité occupied the site temporarily; the experience helped anticipate future uses and inform the works programme. 2
Grand Huit is the architect. The project includes the reuse of materials sourced both from the site and elsewhere. Paris Habitat gives a budget of €3.9 million and a planned delivery date of October 2026. 2 The available project information does not identify individual people associated with the scheme or provide founding dates for the organisations involved. 23