Bordeaux, Chartrons? area. On the street front, a limestone building. On the back lot, a silk screen printing workshop. The order was to renovate and raise the two storey building, creating two dwellings and one shared ground between the workshop and the housing.

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Architects: Fabre-DeMarien Architectes

Location: Bordeaux, France

Area: 189.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Julien Fernandez

Design Team: Fabre-DeMarien Architectes, Emmanuelle Lesgourgues

Structure : Malandain

Electricity: Cazeau

© Julien Fernandez

From the architect. Bordeaux, Chartrons? area. On the street front, a limestone building. On the back lot, a silk screen printing workshop. The order was to renovate and raise the two storey building, creating two dwellings and one shared ground between the workshop and the housing.
© Julien Fernandez

Three Spaces for Three FunctionsThe building?s groundfloor is divided in two main parts : the common space / private access and the garage / public access to the workshop. In the courtyard, a single stairway serves the upper floors of both dwellings and printshop. For an intuitive sharing, a subtle variation of the ground material delineates the nominated areas. Freed  from the interior circulation, everyone benefits of ext...