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UNIK Apartments Paris Housing
nexity Residential Building Development in France ? design by Beckmann-N?Thépé Architects
11 Oct 2016
UNIK Paris Apartments
Location: Paris, France
Design: Beckmann-N?Thépé (B/NT)
UNIK Apartments Paris Housing
UNIK: 159 APARTMENTS AND 1 RESIDENTIAL HOME,?ALIS?, WITHIN THE SEGUIN URBAN ZONE

photographs © J. Callejas
The river Seine and the new Billancourt park provide a permanent spectacle: UNIK emphasises generous views, planted terraces and balconies for every apartment, as well as its participation in the first European residential home offering facilities specifically designed for people living with ?Locked-in Syndrome?.
After almost two and a half years of construction work, Beckmann-N?Thépé (B/NT) has delivered a resi-dential group of properties to Boulogne, called ?UNIK?. The first residents have already moved into this living artwork, which is designed to be in natural continuity with the park.

Thanks to its ribboned urban form, its visual rifts and the garden which runs through it, the project is in constant dialogue with its sur-roundings, creating a contemporary signature through its use of white concrete and a ribbon of coloured glass.

The composition of the facades is inspired by the visual spectacle of the Billancourt park and the river: a mosaic cladding reflects the landscape that surrounds it in its choice of colours, and modules in wh...