Structure studio Christ & Gantenbein has created a 124-metre-long block of social housing in Paris that’s clad in metal.
Designed in collaboration with Margot-Duclot Architectes Associes, the linear constructing is within the metropolis’s fifteenth arrondissement and comprises 104 residences break up throughout 5 flooring.
It sits above a subway upkeep workshop and is constructed from a concrete body with giant timber infills to scale back the constructing’s weight.
“The constructing’s facade is a lightweight development with prefabricated picket parts,” Christ & Gantenbein instructed Dezeen.
“The selection of wooden follows a twofold technique: it lightens the development and reduces the prices of superimposed constructions whereas enhancing the constructing’s ecological footprint.”
Its construction was enclosed inside a metal facade, chosen to narrate to the economic setting of the constructing above the workshop whereas giving it an surprising look.
“A metal facade is relatively surprising for a housing constructing, and we respect the chance to problem typical materials makes use of,” defined Christ & Gantenbein.
“Right here, the metal pertains to a sure infrastructural context to which the constructing is clearly linked by its hybrid programme,” it continued. “However it additionally provides shine, reflection and lightness to the amount. And, after all, it additionally references town’s conventional roof cowl parts.”
Christ & Gantenbein aimed to interrupt up the mass of the 124-metre-long block by making a collection of setbacks topped with balconies to animate the facade.
“The constructing’s elongated kind is articulated by commonly carving out the amount, a morphological function known as redents,” mentioned Christ & Gantenbein.
“This architectural function is commonly present in Paris and facilitates air flow in addition to numerous views amidst town’s dense material,” it continued.
“Moreover, these protrusions create small courtyards alongside the facade and thus assist to interrupt the size of the amount.”
The venture is the studio’s first in Paris and it hopes that it’s going to display that high-quality social housing is achievable within the metropolis.
“We goal to supply the best high quality of housing inside dense spatial and financial constraints,” mentioned the studio.
“Though the residences are compact, they exude a way of generosity, because of their double-aspect design or a number of views,” it continued.
Christ & Gantenbein added that worth is added to the venture by the incorporation of loggias.
“We have additionally added worth by designing the loggias as unheated areas that assist regulate the constructing’s temperature,” it defined.
“Since these areas are usually not included within the whole sq. footage per house, they function a bonus for the residents. Moreover, the massive frequent city gardening rooftop has been a welcomed function.”
Structure studio Christ & Gantenbein was based by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein in 1998. Earlier tasks designed by the studio embrace a museum for chocolate model Lindt, a concrete bridge over a Swiss river and a multifunctional workspace in Germany.
The pictures is by Walter Mair until said.
Mission credit:
Architect: Christ & Gantenbein
Workforce: Emanuel Christ, Christoph Gantenbein, Cloé Gattigo, Jean Wagner, Arthur Clauss, Thibaut Dancoisne, Nicolò Ornaghi, Bérénice Curt, Agnete Astrup, Mathilde Berner
Collaborator: Margot-Duclot Architectes
Consultants: SETEC Batiment, INEX, AVLS, BMF
