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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez

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Lobjoy-Bouvier-Boisseau Architecture

AREA
1969 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Paris, France

CATEGORY
Exhibition Center, Offices, Adaptive Reuse

Text description provided by architect.

A place for exhibitions, a workplace, a public place as well as one of preservation, the repurposing of the former automobile garage at 79 Rue des Archives now has a double back end.

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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez

The challenge was to find the best way to host two distinct owners, to highlight and protect them and to create a contemporary place while ensuring the project played its part in preserving the Marais.

This is the considerable feat achieved here by the Lobjoy-Bouvier-Boisseau firm.

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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez

The collegial project was undertaken by the two foundations for new premises. Fluid complementary programs result from the reorganized flows and the characteristics of the plot. The site required resolving a number of strategic dilemmas and specific features.

The foundations required a showcase, back offices, signage on the street and the intimacy of a courtyard, a layout representing current uses but with the possibility of future reversibility, respect for the historic neighborhood and a restructuring of the site for visitor flows.

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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez

The architects have succeeded in imbuing the project with the collegial aspect of its dual owners.

This is reflected in the permanently present states of openness and staging followed by concealment and protection.

OPENNESS AND STAGING FIRST

The building, historically the site of a vegetable garden, has been further opened by the creation of a second courtyard, made possible thanks to partial demolition of the former garage.

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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Baptiste Lobjoy
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The glass curtain walls of the ground floor façades, create perspectives from the Rue des Archives and reveal the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson.

The ground floor is treated as a continuous feature throughout, serving to stage sequences, moving from the street toward a private space at the back of the plot.

A covered walkway opens into the new second courtyard in a cloister effect. A sculptural staircase opens with a double turn into the restricted access building to serve its four upper floors.

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© Baptiste Lobjoy
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© Baptiste Lobjoy
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© Baptiste Lobjoy

Broad corridors traverse the offices of the Fondation François Sommer, and broad interior corridors offer the façades views of each other and resemble immense windows onto the city.

FOLLOWED BY CONCEALMENT PROTECTION

Protection is provided by the openwork mesh screen of the façade, made of solid anodized aluminum and forming a double skin on the main façade.

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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez

This scenic arrangement is both the project signature and the filter guaranteeing the privacy of its occupants, as well as those in the apartment building opposite.


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© Baptiste Lobjoy
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© Jean-Philippe Caulliez
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© Baptiste Lobjoy
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© Baptiste Lobjoy


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Cross Section
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Section D


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Third Floor Plan - Before
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Third Floor Plan - After
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Second Floor Plan Before and After
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South Facade


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Detail 1

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Detail 2