ZAC Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a major urban redevelopment project in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France, transforming the former Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital site into a mixed-use neighbourhood. The site covers 3.4 hectares between avenue Denfert-Rochereau and boulevard Raspail and was fully freed from hospital activities around 2012, enabling its conversion into a new piece of city.
The project was formally framed as a Zone d’Aménagement Concerté (ZAC) in December 2016, giving the City of Paris a structured planning tool to coordinate housing, public facilities, activities and public spaces across the entire site. Development is led on behalf of the Ville de Paris, with the public development company Paris Batignolles Aménagement identified in press coverage as being “at the controls” of the ZAC for the city. The urban design has been attributed to the planning agency Anyoji Beltrando, which conceived the site as a “solidarity eco-district”.
The programme includes around 600 housing units, with a significant share of social housing, complemented by economic activities oriented towards the social and solidarity economy, artisan production and creative sectors. Public facilities are central to the scheme: by the end of 2026, the first three construction sites are expected to deliver an elementary school, a crèche, a gymnasium and more than 300 dwellings, representing roughly half of the total new housing planned on the site. The project also integrates green spaces and shared public areas, continuing the social and community-oriented use that characterised the interim occupation of the site by associations such as Aurore and Yes We Camp prior to full redevelopment.