Wooden housing in the centre of Paris
© Cyrille Lallement
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ElementoMarcaNombre Del Producto
CLTEgoin
Cross Laminated Timber (Clt)
FabricantesMERMET
joineryMenuiseries BIEBER
Individual boilerViesmann
Indoor lightingzangra

Hoja De Especificaciones Del Producto
CLT
Cross Laminated Timber (Clt) por Egoin
Fabricantes
por MERMET
joinery
Individual boiler
por Viesmann
Indoor lighting
por zangra

6 social housing units and a business premises, in the center of Paris

Mobile Architectural Office como Arquitectos

The site is located at the intersection of three characteristic Parisian urban situations not far from the Canal Saint-Martin: Rue Robert Blache, punctuated by small white rendered faubourien buildings with discreet modenature, Rue du Terrage, largely occupied by a large HBM type complex with neat brick facades and the operation around Place Raoul Follereau, an imposing housing complex, built in the early 1980s and marked by a reinterpretation of classical language, which can be described as postmodern.

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement

A CONTEXTUAL PROJECT :

The building is located at the corner of rue Robert Blache and rue du Terrage.
The agency wished to reinterpret the codes of faubourienne architecture present in the rue Robert Blache: a compact volumetry between the courtyard and the street, a façade ordered by regular vertical openings, a discreet modenature, simple expression of the building's construction choices.

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement

On the ground floor on rue Robert Blache, the agency has created a strong sense of animation by offering a maximum of retail space. Access to the flats is via a bright, walk-through hall overlooking Rue du Terrage. On the upper floors, all the dwellings are double or triple oriented and have large windows offering a maximum of light to the inhabitants.

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement

On the street side, the building has a matt white ribbed metal skin. The joinery is made of wood in natural colours and the railings are made of glass, offering luminosity and privacy to the flats. On the courtyard side, the facade is clad in natural-coloured wood cladding.

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement

An ecological wood project :

The building develops a structural principle based on prefabricated wood, with solid facades and floors (from the Basque Country). This principle has allowed the development of a very low carbon site and the assembly of the structure on 5 levels in 10 days. Cross-laminated timber panels placed on the facades and partitions support cross-laminated timber panel floors. The structure can be seen inside the dwellings with some structural elements visible. The insulation of the whole building is provided by a wood fibre. The floor is made of vegetal fibres (linoleum) or tiles (common corridors and wet rooms). In order to facilitate the large spans in the commercial premise and the relationship with the ground, the structure of the ground floor is made of concrete.

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement

A low-load project :

The programme develops 6 dwellings including two triplexes on the ground floor (R+3-4-5). This configuration has made it possible to serve the 5-storey building only by means of a staircase and external landings, thus limiting the costs of a possible lift. All of the technical equipment is managed by dwelling (ventilation and individual boiler) in an envelope with very high thermal resistance. Rainwater is collected on the roof (R+5 in zinc) and feeds the planter above the bicycle room and the green space on the ground floor. A recovery system in the tank supplies the taps in the common areas (maintenance, watering) and all the sanitary facilities.

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement
photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement

INFOS + 

Project owner  
RIVP

Mobile Architectural Office
Fabien Brissaud, founding architect
Aurélien Ferry, architect

Engineers 
Ginko ingénierie (BET TCE)
VPEAS (economist)

Location
1 rue Robert Blache, Paris

Performances
RT 2012 -20%
Climate Plan for the city of Paris
Biosourced label : Cross Laminated Timber structure (floors/walls),
Wood fibre insulation, wood joinery, linoleum floor

Surfaces
318 m² / 263 m²

Cost of the work (HT)
1,70 M€

Photographic credits  © Cyrille Lallement 
Plans © mobile architectural office

photo_credit © Cyrille Lallement
© Cyrille Lallement
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