Barrault Pressacco uses hempcrete to create social housing in Paris
Architecture firm Barrault Pressacco used bio-based materials including wood and hempcrete to construct this mixed-use building that references traditional Parisian apartment blocks.
Located on the Rue Marx Dormoy in Paris's 18th arrondissement, the building contains 15 units for social housing along with two shops at ground floor level.
Top: each floor contains three apartments. Above: the building was designed to be respectful of its surroundings
Paris studio Barrault Pressacco designed the building to fit in with its heterogeneous urban context, which includes rail yards and buildings of varying architectural styles.
The structure spans the entire depth of its lot with different facades to the Rue Marx Dormoy on one side and Rue Philippe de Girard on the other. Two small courtyards are inserted into the plan to provide natural light, views and ventilation to the apartments.
It was constructed using wood and hempcrete
The project demanded a contemporary yet familiar design that evokes the deep facades and cantilevered balconies found in many traditional Parisian buildings.
After researching materials suitable for constructing the necessary thick facade, Barrault Pressacco settled on a combination of wood and hempcrete ? a concrete alternative with a low carbon footprint made from hemp fibres combined with a lime-based binding agent.
Large windows look out to the Rue Marx Dormoy
"Hempcrete was first considered as a tool to investigate a particular Parisian tradition: ...
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