The BP area, called 'la cite des ingenieurs' is located in the harbor area of Dunkerque, just 100 meters away from the oil refineries. This housing area reflects the ideals of the modernist architecture of the garden village, with its lay-out of green space and spacious houses.
This housing area also reflects the ideals - and their ambiguity - of the 20th century western thinking in urban and industrial planning: people live near their work, engage with it and are available all the time.
The area aims to generate a sense of 'neighbourhoodness' which can also be seen as paternalistic: communal playground, communal tennis court, communal spaces, and of course the nearby company as a social working area.

The social positions of the residents inside the BP company correspond with the size of the house they inhabited. The scale model of the 'cite des ingenieurs' the hierarchy appears in the different size of the buildings. The area is 'a city of dreams', imbued with optimism and a strong belief in the increasing development of mankind, endless economicalgrowth and welfare for everybody, with the production of oil as the motor behind this.