The project consists of the extension (approximately 60 m²) of a house from the beginning of the 19th century and the creation of an underground garage.
The aim was to improve the spatial and luminous qualities of this typical 19th century house. The intention was materialized by changing the orientation of the house and opening onto the garden. This made it necessary to abandon the original organization of the ground floor in small rooms.
A major structural intervention was needed to entirely open the rear of the house.
The new construction comes voluntarily in opposition with the existent, the absence of pillars in the new facade underlines the contrast between the light contemporary construction and the existing building.
This contrast is accentuated by the use of cast concrete and the very light window frames.
The integration with the existent is achieved by choosing a ‘terrazzo’ floor.
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Extension and interior redistribution of a typical individual house in the Paris suburbs. Located in Sceaux, the house was outdated in terms of spacial organization, and no longer met current needs: a staircase placed at the heart of the house fragmented the space, the garden located below was not directly accessible from the living rooms.
A volume was created on the side of the house, which made it possible to move the stairs and redistribute all the circulation and thus free up the entire ground floor. A second bathroom has also been installed in this new part.
A large living room was obtained on the ground floor by demolishing the partitions of the old rooms, an additional room was created on the first floor on the location of the former staircase. A large opening to the garden makes the house communicate with the outside world. A terrace runs along the entire rear facade and thereby provides a link with the garden, allowing one to enjoy it from the raised floor.
The materials used are partly those already present in the existing construction (bricks, concrete), but in a new manner to reinforce their contemporary character and not to put them in competition.
The new volume makes it possible to obtain a generosity of space that was absent in the old house and radically changes its geometry.
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Materials used: concrete, wood, metal, industrial glass.
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Refurbishment of a small garden house and recovery of the attic space located in Nogent-sur-Marne in the Paris suburbs.
The entire house, which dates from the 1950s, has been hollowed out, the distributions completely redesigned and one of the garden's gables has been opened to the garden.
The main element of the renovation was the creation of a central skylight and a staircase to integrate the attic. The structure of the roof made this operation particularly difficult, an elliptical staircase specially designed for this function solved this.
The relatively small space on the ground floor has been optically enlarged with the large bay window that allows the living space to be extended to the terrace and garden. The central skylight opens the view to the sky and opens up the house.
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The house was opened to the garden by the addition of a glass volume. This is detached as much as possible from the existing building thanks to lateral glass roof slits on the periphery of the building.
The extension remains light, brings maximum light into the building and reorganizes the living space towards the garden.
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The ground-floor has been completely restructured to offer a supplementary room to the house related to the garden by big steel windows and white-heightened concrete floors continuing from the inside of the room to the outside.
The back of the house has been opened to the garden by the addition of a completely glazed terrace and roof.
A new metal staircase joins the first floor and terrace to the garden.
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The rear facade of the house has been completely opened to the garden by a large steel framed window.
A large opening in the floor along the window opens the ancient basement onto the living room and garden.
The entire organization of the house has been changed: the basement becomes both a guest room and an office cabinet with view to the garden and the ceiling of the living room has partly doubled in height.
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Materials used: metal, glass, pine, concrete and sandstone.
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