Among the existing typologies of housing dedicated to elderly people, housing for autonomous people lies somewhere between medical facilities such as the French EHPADs and homes for elderly people. La Dunette is one of those, part of a network of more than 200 MARPAs facilities (rural retirement houses).

Built by Dominique Coulon on the outskirts of Huningue, in France’s Haut-Rhin region, this exemplary facility is structured, like all the architect’s works, around sculptural and light‑filled spaces, but above all around shared areas and shared activities.

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