Close to avenue de Flandre and just a stone?s throw from the canal de l?Ourcq, rue de Nantes is a fairly traditional Parisian street of Haussmann and inner-suburb buildings.

© Takuji Shimmura

Architects: Atelier du Pont

Location: 35 Rue de Nantes, 75019 Paris, France

Project Manager: Luc Pinsard

Area: 1300.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Takuji Shimmura

Client: Paris Habitat

Architect: Atelier du Pont

Structure Engineering : EVP

Fluids Engineering: Delta Fluides

Construction Economics: RPO

Sustainable Engineering: Plan02

Landscape Designer: Paula Paysage
Site Specific Art: Atelier YokYok

© Takuji Shimmura

Close to avenue de Flandre and just a stone?s throw from the canal de l?Ourcq, rue de Nantes is a fairly traditional Parisian street of Haussmann and inner-suburb buildings.

© Takuji Shimmura

The project gently inserts itself into a narrow parcel bordered by dense, adjoining housing. On the street side, it extends the building streetscape in a simple manner. On the garden side, the staggering from the 1st to the 6th floors creates large, private, south-facing terraces and allows for an unencumbered view of the sky.

Scheme

The ?L? shape and the general volum...