Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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APARTMENTS ON AVE. MARÉCHAL FAYOLLE

SANAA

ARCHITECTS
SANAA

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa

STRUCTURAL CONCEPT
SAPS/Sasaki & Partners, Mutsuro Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Hiraiwa, Ayumi Isozaki, Hideaki Hamada

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Bollinger + Grohmann

ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANT
Edeis

CLIENT
Paris Habitat

DESIGN TEAM
Yoshitaka Tanase, Lucy Styles, Louis-Antoine Grego, Johanna Meyer-Grohbrugge, Hiroaki Katagiri, Nobuhiro Kitazawa, Takashi Suo, Guillaume Baron, Riccardo Cannatà, Margot Aurensan

LOCAL ARCHITECTS
Michel Levi, Antoine Saubot, Extra Muros

COST ESTIMATING CONSULTANT
Bureau Michel Forgue

MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Betom

LANDSCAPE
Extra Muros, SANAA

AREA
2127 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Paris, France

CATEGORY
Social Housing

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Text description provided by architect.

The project is situated in the 16th district of Paris, surrounded by classic Haussmann urbanism on one side and the Bois de Boulogne on the other.

The four housing volumes weave past each other creating a sequence of courtyards that connect city and landscape, bringing a series of interstitial gardens to the heart of the site.

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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The design is characterized by its organic forms and the curved façades provide apartments with multiple orientations for natural light, ventilation and views.

Each transparency across the site, opens views towards the park and provides breaks in the continuity of the street.

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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The pilotis space is punctuated by a series of expanded metal bubbles that house the entrances, bike storage and reception areas, while a softly undulating landscape buffers each of the buildings at ground floor level.

Each volume has a different form, providing diverse interior plans that engage with the specific character of the adjacent fabric and provide variable living arrangements.

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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The diversity of curves also creates a shifting perception of the project from the street. 

Sometimes it appears as a continuous series of undulating surfaces, at other times views pierce through the whole site establishing a dialogue with neighboring buildings and the park.

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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There is an inherent dynamism to the distribution of buildings: the courtyards appear to open and close as you walk through them, establishing an open dialogue between communities.

The cream-colored stucco facades echo the stone of Parisian facades and the anodized aluminum shutters articulate the rhythm of the curves.

Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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These reflect the sky and park and the building is animated by a soft spectrum of colors across seasons and time of day.


Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
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Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
Sections 01
Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
Sections 02


Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
Ground floor plan
Apartments on Ave. Maréchal Fayolle
Typical floor plan


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Elevation