By the end of August, nothing will be left of the three Kepler towers, east of the “nuclear” district of Cronenbourg. Enough to allow the enhancement of this entry to the neighborhood and the diversification of housing.
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It is a set of three buildings 42 meters high, housing 188 housing units that will soon be nothing but a memory. One of the towers has already been deconstructed and the other two, which represent 19,000 tonnes of material, are in turn “crunched” by a 120-tonne, 48-meter-high crane, manufactured in Colmar at Liebherr.
In their place, more modest buildings will be built for 140 housing units for accession, with tertiary and commercial activities, to give the district new landscapes, a modern urban setting, according to Salah Koussa, president of the social landlord Ophéa.
The towers recycled into road products
This operation of 6 million euros is part of the urban renewal policy carried out at the scale of the Eurometropolis, which finances 30% of the amount, the rest being the responsibility of the National Agency for the improvement of habitat (Anah).
The deconstruction project, led by specialist Cardem, first consisted of removing asbestos, materials polluted by lead and all of the finishing work from the buildings. The concrete will be recycled into road products by Eurovia in Hoerdt.
Precautions are taken to avoid the spread of dust among residents using foggers. A diversion will be put in place on rue Kepler in mid-June for about two weeks, in order to secure the deconstruction of the tower, as close as possible to the street. The trucks carrying the rubble join the motorway via rue de Hochfelden.
Didier Bonnet
Photos Laetitia Piccarreta
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