From cars to homes
A huge Mercedes Benz garage stood between rues Cardinal Lemoine and Fossés Saint Bernard. A real piece of historic car dealership heritage, this plot enjoys an exceptional location in the middle of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, opposite Jussieu on one street and the Paradis Latin on the other, with the Ile Saint-Louis some 150 m away with and a short hop over the Seine.
Architect Tom darmon Architecture
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client COFFIM, COGEDIM |
program 139 LOGEMENTS, COMMERCES ET PARKING
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Surface 10 458 M² Sdp |
Cost 22 M€ HT |
Status Completed in 2018 |
Global Ingineer id bati
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Structure |
Constructor |
Consultant bureau véritas |
une référence à l’architecture traditionnelle parisienne
The car-crazy Pompidou era, with its new motorways reaching Paris city centre in the late 60s and early 70s, is now a distant memory. By 2013 Paris was already looking to go car-free, and this site was preordained to accommodate housing, residents and life. A sales agreement was signed between the private owners and the Coffim groups, which organised a competition backed by the City of Paris. Curiously, the morphology of the dual-aspect and relatively narrow parcel enables the local urban masterplan to be fully realised in terms of density, and its application theoretically allows the entire volume to be occupied, from ground floor to G+7 on either side. In practice, the project works with a floor area ratio of 5.0. The programme seized this opportunity, originally planning for 160 housing units to a floor area of 14,000 m².
Architectural concept
Tramage et saillies
Designed as a Haussmannian building to allow for this degree of density, the maximum usable volume is punctured by two large courtyards to allow for ventilation and views. . The first, two the south, prolongs the continuity of the neighbouring parcels in a semicircular shape, connecting the opposing façades of these courtyards. The second, perfectly circular courtyard is sufficient in size to provide the necessary qualities for principles views. These courtyards cut vertically through the building, while on the horizontal axis two generous porches running from street to street act as arteries to the project, allowing its entrance halls to be positioned along the length of these porches so as not to encumber the retail spaces at ground floor level. The programme above is formed entirely of residential units but comprises three distinct parts: the first forms the for-purchase section; the second, central part corresponds to a social housing programme and the third to a programme in dation for use by the former owners. The housing units with a view of historic Paris are of exceptional quality.
réinterprétation de l'ancien
The treatment of the façades was key to our appointment. We initially chose to offer a contemporary reinterpretation of the suburban Parisian façade with its vertical lines of 120 cm double-leaf windows and mansard roofs. It would have made sense to work on the sequencing of the street, restoring the Parisian sequence. On the other hand, we were also inspired by the pre-existing garage with its large horizontal bands of glass. The Parisian bow windows were then reinterpreted, making them slide over one another horizontally instead of the more usual superimposition. The render on the façade was replaced with white self-consolidating concrete, the wooden joinery with aluminium and steel and the wooden shutters with aluminium ones.
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Construction
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The market rock
docteur pierre & de briques
From cars to homes
A huge Mercedes Benz garage stood between rues Cardinal Lemoine and Fossés Saint Bernard. A real piece of historic car dealership heritage, this plot enjoys an exceptional location in the middle of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, opposite Jussieu on one street and the Paradis Latin on the other, with the Ile Saint-Louis some 150 m away with and a short hop over the Seine.
Architect Tom darmon Architecture
|
client COFFIM, COGEDIM |
program 139 LOGEMENTS, COMMERCES ET PARKING
|
Surface 10 458 M² Sdp |
Cost 22 M€ HT |
Status Completed in 2018 |
Global Ingineer id bati
|
Structure |
Constructor |
Consultant bureau véritas |
une référence à l’architecture traditionnelle parisienne
The car-crazy Pompidou era, with its new motorways reaching Paris city centre in the late 60s and early 70s, is now a distant memory. By 2013 Paris was already looking to go car-free, and this site was preordained to accommodate housing, residents and life. A sales agreement was signed between the private owners and the Coffim groups, which organised a competition backed by the City of Paris. Curiously, the morphology of the dual-aspect and relatively narrow parcel enables the local urban masterplan to be fully realised in terms of density, and its application theoretically allows the entire volume to be occupied, from ground floor to G+7 on either side. In practice, the project works with a floor area ratio of 5.0. The programme seized this opportunity, originally planning for 160 housing units to a floor area of 14,000 m².
Tramage et saillies
Designed as a Haussmannian building to allow for this degree of density, the maximum usable volume is punctured by two large courtyards to allow for ventilation and views. . The first, two the south, prolongs the continuity of the neighbouring parcels in a semicircular shape, connecting the opposing façades of these courtyards. The second, perfectly circular courtyard is sufficient in size to provide the necessary qualities for principles views. These courtyards cut vertically through the building, while on the horizontal axis two generous porches running from street to street act as arteries to the project, allowing its entrance halls to be positioned along the length of these porches so as not to encumber the retail spaces at ground floor level. The programme above is formed entirely of residential units but comprises three distinct parts: the first forms the for-purchase section; the second, central part corresponds to a social housing programme and the third to a programme in dation for use by the former owners. The housing units with a view of historic Paris are of exceptional quality.
réinterprétation de l'ancien
The treatment of the façades was key to our appointment. We initially chose to offer a contemporary reinterpretation of the suburban Parisian façade with its vertical lines of 120 cm double-leaf windows and mansard roofs. It would have made sense to work on the sequencing of the street, restoring the Parisian sequence. On the other hand, we were also inspired by the pre-existing garage with its large horizontal bands of glass. The Parisian bow windows were then reinterpreted, making them slide over one another horizontally instead of the more usual superimposition. The render on the façade was replaced with white self-consolidating concrete, the wooden joinery with aluminium and steel and the wooden shutters with aluminium ones.
Completed
Construction
Studies
Related projects
CONTEMPORARY PRESERVATION
The market rock
docteur pierre & de briques
