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16, Rue du Maroc, Paris, France

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Maison pour personnes âgées dépendantes

46 Homes

16, Rue du Maroc, Paris, France

Firm

MAAST

Type

Residential ›

YEAR

2013

SIZE

300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft

BUDGET

$5M - 10M

This long untouched sector of eastern Paris is currently undergoing a vast
transformation.
Paris Habitat-OPH owns 1222 housing units on a 5-hectare plot bordered by avenue
de Flandre, Rue du maroc, Rue de Tanger and Rue Riquet in the south-west of the
city’s 19th arrondissement. In 1995, the local authorities and Paris Habitat-OPH
decided to begin regenerating this portion of city, situated in the heart of a rapidly
expanding urban network.

The block targeted by the project is enclosed and dense, comprising primarily social
housing ranging from six to sixteen stories high, towers and low-rise buildings from
the 1970s and, in the case of the Tectône Tower, the 1980s.
The main aim of the project was to open up the block by redeveloping the Square du
maroc. To this end, Paris-Habitat-OPH demolished the maroc Tower and replaced it
with new housing. The local authorities created two new pedestrian streets between
Rue de Tanger and avenue de Flandre, connected by a public garden.

The building, which won the 2008 Paris Habitat architecture competition, marks the
successful opening up of the block and stands at its entrance, now transformed into
a public garden.
The building’s monolith design echoes the Tectône Tower
and blends in with the garden, with three visible façades,
two of which face onto the garden to the north and east. The
loggias on the south side and the double skin on the east
are designed as extensions of the living space, accessed via
sliding white or transparent glass panels.

The compact building comprises apartments stretching its
full width on the narrower adjoining side, and apartments of
a variety of orientations throughout the rest of the space. all
offer street or garden views framed by prefabricated wooden
boxes covered in lacquered steel.
The majority of the floors feature six apartments. The final
two floors contain five and four apartments, with the building
narrowing on the upper floors.
all the apartments have balconies, loggias or private gardens
on the ground floor. They either stretch the full width of the
building or have corner lounges providing multiple exposures.
The structure is based on a system of slabs and load-bearing
walls with a central concrete core containing the staircase
and lift.
The partitioning is independent of the structural frame
created by the walls and slabs. The apartment lay-out has
been designed to allow for changes to the partitioning, and
each apartment is open-plan and can therefore be modified
as needed.
The non-load bearing north and south walls are fitted with
external insulation, which seals off the end of each slab to
prevent thermal bridging. The system’s wooden framework
is light and easy to construct. The panels comprise sheets of
wood, mineral wool insulation and a rainscreen. a traditional
wooden frame crowns the building on floors eight and nine
at its steepest point (approx. 24°).
The external skin is light-sensitive alucoil cladding ranging
from white to pale grey in colour. The loggias on the south side
and the double skin on the east are designed as extensions
of the living space. These are accessed by transparent
or white sliding glass panels, which modulate sound and
temperature.