Built in 1972, the Habitations Saint-Michel Nord social housing project has 182 dwelling units and offices for community organizations in 21 buildings on a 2.25-hectare site. Because the renovation of the complex had become necessary to update the housing units and improve safety, a renewal project was launched in 2015 through a consultative, multidisciplinary process. The renovation of the complex reconnected the parcel, which had been turned in on itself, to its immediate surroundings by the creation of a new woonerf-type shared street in the heart of the complex. The new street is lined with mini-plazas sited on the footprints of six buildings that were demolished as part of the site reorganization. The housing units in those buildings were relocated to new top floors added to the remaining buildings. The boldly coloured buildings and landscape create a joyful setting featuring native plant species, edible plants and a vegetable garden.