Complete restructuring of an apartment located on the 10th floor of a 1960s building.

The aim of the project was to rediscover the simple lines and geometry of the spaces of the 1960s and to redistribute the entire apartment in order to highlight the exceptional location where all the panoramic views open onto the Parisian sky.

A large part of the furniture is integrated in order to leave the rooms available to accommodate an important collection of African art and the furniture chosen by the clients.
The materials are simple and sophisticated at the same time (black wood, Belgian blue stone, concrete and lacquered steel), another stylistic reminder of the era in a contemporary version.

The apartment has been completely stripped bare. Only the exterior load-bearing walls remain, nothing of the interior design and infrastructure has been preserved.

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Refitting of an of an early 20th century apartment.
The introduction of contemporary elements in keeping with the original ones and furniture.

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The apartment is located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, on the 7th floor of a 1930s building by architect Henri Sauvage.

Apart from the floor covering, no elements had been preserved in their original state. Successive layers of renovation had completely obstructed and fragmented the space.

The project consisted of removing these layers and restoring a fluidity of the space and providing an accurate reading of the structure.
The functions are introduced in such a way as to disturb it as little as possible.
The natural light that floods the apartment through the large windows becomes a structuring element of the place.

The materials remain simple: wood, painted wood, quartz, steel. The integrated adjustments are made as discretely as possible. The spaces are opened and closed by large sliding panels that modulate the apartment.

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Small house of approximately 45 m² distributed on three floors. The house is located Rue de Miromesnil, in the courtyard of 17th-century building in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
The former house has been completely demolished to create a higher roof and exploit the basements.
Glass slabs open the floor to create a better feeling of spaciousness from each level.
Furniture is mostly integrated, materials are kept simple: concrete floors, whitewashed stone wall, black steel and glass.

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Part of a castle of the 19th century at Louveciennes in the periphery of Paris.
Transformation of a volume of approximately 70m².

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An attic space, opened to form a 36m² apartment, with sash windows. A mezzanine was built integrating full wall-mounted cupboards, and a new kitchen.
Materials used: MDF, wood, concrete, and metal.

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Transformation and reunion of two small studios situated in a building of the 1930s in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
The whole space of 35m² has been liberated and the axe of the corridor is used to visually enlarge the room.
Around the kitchen block and bathroom integrated furniture has been placed to leave the rest of the space as free as possible.

PHOTOGRAPHY : WERNER ZELLIEN