Projectâš: Heavy renovation and reunification of two apartments / Apartment of Carole and Robin
Architecture: Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta
Location: Paris 17Ăšme, France
Area: 70 m2
Year: 2016
Photography: Giaime Meloni
The apartment of Carole and Robin designed by Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta is located on the ground floor of a mansion of the XVIIth arrondissement in Paris. Taking advantage of a private garden with terrace, when the family grew, Carole and Robin preferred to buy the apartment on the 1st floor to accommodate the children’s room rather than move.
The main challenge of this renovation wasâš to find the place of a staircase as discreet âšas possible. The work was delivered as âša screw-in kit. This technique allowed us âšto produce in the workshop aâš thermo lacquered paint, much moreâš resistant than a painting done on the spot. The use of metal offered a light writing to the work with whose thickness does âšnot exceed 25mm! âšThe partnership architect / artisan / engineer allowed to realize a technical feat âšby suspending the staircase to the upper floor!
As often in Paris, space is precious. Although they are appreciable, the storage spaces cause loss of habitable surface. âšWe imagined a large piece of furniture. 7 meters long for 60 cm deep, and suspended at 2.10 meters from the ground.âš It thus occupies no square meter!
In the child’s room, the distinctionâš of two spaces allows the two brothers âšto define their respective territories.âš This old bourgeois building is composed of architectural elements: solid woodâšdoors, enamelled handles, moldings, âšrails, rosettes. We have tried through our âšproject to conserve and magnifyâš these elements. For example, the blue âšpartition in the children’s room is not âšcontinuous up to the ceiling. It ensures âšthe separation between the rooms and âšthe staircase. It houses a glass floor that âšallows daylight on the steps. It allows âšto preserve and to stage the old molding âšmaking the turn of the piece!