Urban Beat
Wy-to Group
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Paris, France
TYPE
Residential › Apartment Private House
The decision to extend this existing house by adding a new level was to provide new areas while preserving the memories of the family.
The History continues with the next generations now inhabiting the house.
It has been decided to erect the vertical extension using a wooden structure due its specificities:
lightweight, easy and fast to assemble, clean construction site as well as environmental-friendly.
The extension has a simple but expressive shape. Two blocks of different sizes are covered with wooden cladding, each using a different essence: poplar and pine.
This abstract graphic composition resembles an Urban Beat that echoes in a respectful dialog the proportions of the immediate neighbors.
Indeed, this height variation permits natural light to penetrate in the bedrooms through openings in the ceiling.
Also, the double-volume stair-core at the heart of the house is bathed with light due to generous windows.
All those systems represent perfectly the exploration of various sources of natural light and views according to the orientation of the spaces and their immediate surroundings.
