Social Housing Development in Castagnary, Architect, Parisian Building, Design, Architecture Images
Castagnary Social Housing Development
Paris Housing: Residential Development, France – design by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
8 Jun 2017
Social Housing Development in Castagnary
Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Location: Paris, France
Social Housing Development
The new building is aligned with rue Castagnary and is L-shaped with a return against the building next door to the north. Substantially the same size as the existing building, it establishes a visual relationship with the buildings opposite. Its intermediate scale ensures the neighbourhood’s urban continuity and density.

The building is clad with white metal slats in keeping with the neighbourhood’s dominant colour. Its contemporary style is in keeping with the subtlety and attention to detail of some of the buildings in the neighbourhood. The spacing of its openings matches that of the surrounding buildings and its large vertical openings are inspired by Parisian windows.
 

The southern boundary is delimited by the security perimeter, a restriction which determines the part occupied by the volume in its environment. The building is set back from the southwest-facing boundary, by the creation of a garden that can be seen from the street. The diagonal façade contributes to the creation of this visual opening linking rue Castagnary, the centre of the plot and the distant landscape.
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