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20 Social Housing in Paris

20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau

20 SOCIAL HOUSING IN PARIS

H2o Architectes

ARCHITECTS
H2o Architectes

AREA
1850 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Paris, France

CATEGORY
Apartments

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The project of the rue Godefroy Cavaignac in Paris consisted in the rehabilitation of a building which did not meet hygiene and security standards into new social housing.

20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The agency’s aim was to renew the image of the building in the street while responding to the requirements of the «patrimoine habitat environnement» certification.

The project is largely based on the building extension, contemporary reinvention of the bow-window, inserted in the prolongation of the unfinished 19th century façade.

20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The alternation of voids and solids as well as the diagonal cutting of the volumes break the visual monotony of the alignment of the buildings in the street and offer new and interesting views onto the rue de Charonne.

Inside, the apartments benefit from new space and comfort including, for some of them, a small space for gardening, a loggia or balcony.

20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The courtyard is transformed into a planted patio which is made visible thanks to a transparent wall from the street.

A page is turned, social life is reinvented.

20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau


20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau


20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau
20 Social Housing in Paris
© Stéphane Chalmeau


20 Social Housing in Paris
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20 Social Housing in Paris
Floor Plan
20 Social Housing in Paris
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