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Three Sustainable Apartment Blocks
Clichy-sous-Bois, France
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Three Sustainable Apartment Blocks
Clichy-sous-Bois, France
The project site is in Clichy-sous-Bois (a
Parisian suburban area) inside the urban distribution plan of Dhuys and part of
the overall urban renovation masterplan of Clichy-Montfermeil.
The site presents great contrasts, tall
council blocks built in the 60s on one side and the Bondy's forest on the
other. The project site being precisely on the limit between these two, the
forest and the council blocks, draws the project to resolve the transition
enhancing these components and strengthening their relationship in a positive
way.
The result is a project that creates a strong
bond between the city and the wild land for the residents to make the most of
this unique location, enjoying the substantial green space in front of their
apartments. The forest filters the site through the void spaces created by
building demolitions generating a gradual transition between built and green
environment.
The three blocks are oriented in order to make
the most of the forest views and to award the apartments with the best south
orientation to make the most of natural sunlight. Optimal orientation has been
the fundamental principle of the design since the very first project sketches.
The
facade design responds to orientation and the specific environmental
conditions. The balconies on the south side, large and rigorous, liaise with
the existing tall council blocks. The brightly coloured louvre panels on the
opposite side liaise with the forest and its beautiful changing colours. The
coloured louvre panels wrap around to define the side facades.The buildings were awarded the BBC French Low
Energy Certification (BBC – 50/65 Kw/h/m²/an) on March 2011.
The main sustainable features of the project
are:
- Compact volumes;
- South orientation for most façade openings
(344 m2 of the total 595 m2). Despite the peculiar site shape, the project
manages at least a south window for each apartment, with 34 of the 48
apartments enjoying large balconies (area 12 m2; length 2m);
- The east and west façade openings are
protected by louvre panels to avoid heat gain during the summer;
- RC structure with reinforced internal
insulation system and thermally broken cantilevered slab elements and spine
walls;
- Condensation gas central heating plant;
- Heating solar panels;
- Rain water management.
Parisian suburban area) inside the urban distribution plan of Dhuys and part of
the overall urban renovation masterplan of Clichy-Montfermeil.
The site presents great contrasts, tall
council blocks built in the 60s on one side and the Bondy's forest on the
other. The project site being precisely on the limit between these two, the
forest and the council blocks, draws the project to resolve the transition
enhancing these components and strengthening their relationship in a positive
way.
The result is a project that creates a strong
bond between the city and the wild land for the residents to make the most of
this unique location, enjoying the substantial green space in front of their
apartments. The forest filters the site through the void spaces created by
building demolitions generating a gradual transition between built and green
environment.
The three blocks are oriented in order to make
the most of the forest views and to award the apartments with the best south
orientation to make the most of natural sunlight. Optimal orientation has been
the fundamental principle of the design since the very first project sketches.
The
facade design responds to orientation and the specific environmental
conditions. The balconies on the south side, large and rigorous, liaise with
the existing tall council blocks. The brightly coloured louvre panels on the
opposite side liaise with the forest and its beautiful changing colours. The
coloured louvre panels wrap around to define the side facades.The buildings were awarded the BBC French Low
Energy Certification (BBC – 50/65 Kw/h/m²/an) on March 2011.
The main sustainable features of the project
are:
- Compact volumes;
- South orientation for most façade openings
(344 m2 of the total 595 m2). Despite the peculiar site shape, the project
manages at least a south window for each apartment, with 34 of the 48
apartments enjoying large balconies (area 12 m2; length 2m);
- The east and west façade openings are
protected by louvre panels to avoid heat gain during the summer;
- RC structure with reinforced internal
insulation system and thermally broken cantilevered slab elements and spine
walls;
- Condensation gas central heating plant;
- Heating solar panels;
- Rain water management.
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