Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert

Until 2003 it will remain the only housing unit to be managed by the public office of HLM, and to allow the reopening of the closed part it was decided to sell the duplexes in co-ownership.

In August 2012, the school, on the top floor, was renovated and an Erasmus Mundus MaCLands Masters course (professions in Heritage and Management of Unesco cultural landscapes) from Jean Monnet University settled there.

It was built with four times less budget than the Cité radieuse in Marseille which was commissioned by the French state, which resulted in compromises with Le Corbusier.

For example, a surface parking lot was installed when it was planned to be underground, less insulation materials were used, and the finishes are sketchy; for example the rooftop swimming pool is not tiled.

Today, it can be visited after the show apartment, but part of its premises is used as an annex to the University of Saint-Etiennefor the teaching of the Erasmus Mundus MaCLands Master program (Heritage and Management of Unesco cultural landscapes).

It is occupied by public infrastructures: solariums facing east and west, an open-air theater, benches, playgrounds.