Flemish organs

The residential complex of high-rise buildings known as the Flanders Organ is located in the La Villette district in the northeastern suburbs of the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Originally, the site was home to a working-class housing estate from the mid-19th century. The residential complex, also known as the Flemish City (Cité des Flamands), is named after the city gate Cité des Flamands from 1850, which is the only preserved structure. In addition to being renamed the Flemish Gate (Porte des Flamands), it was also moved 40 meters to the center of the urban composition and creates the main entrance from the promenade Avenue de Flandre. Social housing from the second half of the 1970s offers a total of 1,950 apartments, which are located on a six-hectare plot either in fifteen to sixteen-story buildings or in a quartet of tower blocks (Preludium, Fuga, Sonáta, Kantáta) ranging from 90 to 123 meters high (25-38 stories). The Preludium Tower (Tour Prélude) with 254 apartments is also the third tallest residential building in Paris. The design is by the German-born architect Martin Van Treeck, who was a student of the French modernist Jean Ginsberg. The complex also includes a shopping center, a farmer's market, schools, art studios, sports facilities, and a nursing home.