OFFICE 174
HOUSING COMPLEX – Paris
A competition-winning project to renovate and transform a former military barracks in Paris preserves the existing buildings while adding adjacent independent volumes, creating a total of 120 housing units positioned around a central public garden. The geometry of the rectangular volumes is distorted to meet distance requirements and allow for passageways. The tripartite facade is defined by a lower level clad in concrete slabs, a middle plastered section divided by a balcony, and a recessed top floor that forms a terrace. All three facades have a single window type spaced at varying intervals, giving each building a distinct identity as a member of the same family.
Year
2014 – 2021
Location
Paris, FR
Type
Residential, Urban, Adaptive reuse,
Status
Built
Surface
8 500 m2
Client
Paris Habitat
Collaborator(s)
NP2F, Alto Ingenierie, EVP, H2O architectes, Impedance Ingénierie, VPEAS Ingénierie
Design team
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Jan Lenaerts, Justine Rossillion, Edouard Champalle, Hugo Mazza, Samuel Genet, Alexandra Paritzky
Art integration
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Award
Competition, 1st prize
Photographs
Bas Princen