Symbiose Interior Architecture & Design

Studio Sirach

Studio Sirach 

Symbiose Interior Architecture & Design

Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux

MANUFACTURERS
Cerámicas Ferrés, Plato

INTERIOR ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER
Jacqueline Vendrell

AREA
80 M²

YEAR
2024

LOCATION
Ria-sirach, France

CATEGORY
Residential Architecture, Renovation, Interior Design

Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux

Text description provided by architect.

This basement renovation responds to the evolving lifestyle of a young couple and their children, who recently made their former vacation house their permanent home.

With the upper floor no longer meeting their spatial needs, the lower level was transformed into a fully integrated living area, including a bedroom, bathroom, and generous storage solutions.

Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux

The intervention is anchored by a key architectural gesture: a new staircase that reconnects the previously disconnected basement to the main floor.

Due to structural constraints, no alterations to the existing floor slab were possible. The design solution embraces this limitation with ingenuity, inserting a compact, playful stair that fits within the narrow footprint of the original opening.

Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux

A series of wooden 'stepping stones' initiates the descent, leading into a white powder-coated metal staircase that balances solidity and visual lightness.

Throughout the space, new built-in furniture is carefully integrated within the raw architectural context.

The existing brick ceilings have been preserved and left exposed, celebrating the building's original materiality while embracing the building's original character.

Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux


Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux


Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux
Studio Sirach
© Lucille Descazaux


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