The design of our project was developed to focus on three strong intentions structured by the heirloom of this singular parcel.

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Architects: ECDM · Office Profile

Location: 75 Avenue de Saxe, 75007 Paris, France

Architects In Charge: Emmanuel Combarel, Dominique Marrec

Area: 2189.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Benoit Fougeirol · Photographer Profile

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From the architect. The design of our project was developed to focus on three strong intentions structured by the heirloom of this singular parcel.

© Benoit Fougeirol

Above all is the question of the garden, this protected and timeless area that we perceive, and that we will be able to make visible. This is not only to respect an urban rule by returning the same volume of soil-grown, but also to preserve the maximum of an atypical plant heritage, to free the ground as much as possible to maximize the garden, and finally to structure it in order to generate depths of field and gradations in the perception.
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Surrounding this garden is a heritage, a juxtaposition of disparate buildings with the chapel at the center. Here again the question is rather landscaping than architectural.

Ground Floor Plan

The constructed elements are entangled; therefo...