26 Apartments

26 APARTMENTS

TVK

26 Apartments

ARCHITECTS
TVK

AREA
2100.0 m²

YEAR
2006

CATEGORY
Social Housing

LOCATION
Choisy-le-roi, France

26 Apartments
26 Apartments

This project is poised to make a statement about what social housing can be: to provide high quality housing at controlled costs, and promote a strong architectural image in the city.

The 26 units in the building are distributed around a core stairwell in order to take advantage of the site’s angled position.

26 Apartments
26 Apartments

The service rooms are grouped together at the center of the building, and the living rooms benefit from a double exposition. The vista of the Seine and the surrounding landscape is thus largely visible.

The load-bearing façade allows for the elimination of bearing walls in the apartments in order to leave open new possibilities over time.

While the apartments are based on a logical principle of organization, the arrangement of the balconies is what gives a unique character to each unit.

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26 Apartments
26 Apartments

Each apartment benefits from a private outdoor space: gardens for the ground floor, balconies for the middle floors, and large terraces for the top floors.

The choice of a principle, continuous material for the group of façades expresses a sense of unity and reinforces the geometry of the Ilot.

The exterior is enriched by the diversity of balconies that create a random visual play on the façade.

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26 Apartments

The utilization of bricks as a facing adds further complexity to this imperfect site, and gives one the perception of a façade that is constantly changing.


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