La Fresque

La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia

La Fresque

Ithaques + Atelier WRA

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sergio Grazia

AREA
2100 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Versailles, France

CATEGORY
Apartments

La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia

Text description provided by architect.

The architectural project is clear: regular windows are those of student housing. The large faults indicate (and light) circulations.

La Fresque
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La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia

They divide the building different volumes whose skin reflects the context : very mineral side city, wood forest side ...

Good building, simple idea, nice details, it looks like it has nothing to hide but...

La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia

It's a timber structure building of 5 floors, placed on a pre-existing infrastructure.

The wooden building is unmarked. This not ostentatious environmental approach was a bit complex to implement, but it is exciting because it shows that it is possible to build wood without writing specific!

La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia

It's now possible to produce open, free architecture, while monitoring its grey energy rates.

La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
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La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia
La Fresque
© Sergio Grazia


La Fresque
Floor Plan
La Fresque
Floor Plan


La Fresque
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La Fresque
Detail