The office building is situated in the 11th district of Paris, in the heart of a very dense urban fabric. Its principal façade is oriented towards a courtyard. The office can be accessed by going through the porch of a first building facing the avenue Parmentier. The original building dates back to the end of the 19th century and was expanded in the 1970s to create a patio. The project transforms the façades facing the courtyard and the patio in order to adapt office space to contemporary needs patio of comfort, light and heat.
Typical of the parisian context, the building’s situation demands to largely open the existing office floors towards daylight in order to enlighten the courtyard. Façades and joinery from the original building were removed. The new facades, largely glazed with wooden window frames, are installed facing the courtyard and the patio. They allow to achieve transparency and porosity in a tigh and constrained space, therefore eliminating the initial confinement feeling. Not only do they allow a maximum amount of light, but the new façades also ensure thermal isolation for the future workspaces.
Aluminium facades from the 1970s expansion were designed without any consideration of harmony with the existing building. They are replaced by wooden façades designed to resume the sequencing of the original facades. Vertical mounts resume the lines found on the 19th century construction. The new composition marks vertically, while railing at the sills draws fine horizontal lines. Black lacquered metal strengthen the wooden structure and also animate the facade’s rythm.
Operation: Transformation of the façades and office floors’ refurbishment of an existing office building.
Program: Office floors delivered rough
Client: Sixième Sens Immobilier
Cost: 980 000 € (HT)
Surface: 2 570 m2 SDP
Site: 18 avenue Parmentier, 75011 Paris Environmental quality RT 2012
Réhabilitation: General contractor Super Build
Calendar:
* conception: Februrary 2013
* building permit : March 2013
* beginning of construction : November 2013
* completion : April 2014
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