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 – 2019
Location
Paris, FR
Type
Mixed use, Residential, Urban, Adaptive reuse,
Status
Built
Surface
8 500 m2
Client
Paris Habitat
Collaborator(s)
NP2F, ALTO Ingénierie, EVP Ingénierie, Impédance, VPEAS
Design team
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Jan Lenaerts, Justine Rossillion, Samuel Genet, Edouard Champalle, Alexandra Paritzky, Hugo Mazza, Stefaan Jamaer
Art integration
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Award
Competition, 1st prize
Photographs
Bas Princen