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Award / Auszeichnung | 02/2014

ArchiDesignClub Awards 2014

Maison Clone

FR-92009 Bois-Colombes, 2, rue Charcot

Prix catégorie « HABITAT INDIVIDUEL / RESTRUCTURATION-EXTENSION »

Jacques Moussafir Architectes

Architektur

Projektdaten

  • Gebäudetyp:

    Wohnungsbau

  • Projektgröße:

    keine Angabe

  • Status:

    Realisiert

  • Termine:

    Baubeginn: 01/2005
    Fertigstellung: 01/2011

Projektbeschreibung

In order to preserve the character of this classic brick-and-stone suburban house while doubling its surface area, we decided to duplicate it by adding two side blocks, two ‘clones’ set at right angles to it, where there used to be a shed. This arrangement has allowed us to create a harmonious trio of buildings set around an inner garden, while preserving the street alignment. The new home is made up of three dissociated elementary blocks, a square and two rectangles, separated by two narrow glazed gaps and with matching sloping rooves. With its new truncated roof that lets the light from the south into the living areas laid out on the north side, the ‘stem cell’ blends in so well with its extensions – thanks to its shape, the materials used and its fenestration – that it becomes hard to distinguish the old from the new. The load-bearing brick used for the original house has been used in the extension as an external protection for its insulation, while rough load-bearing breezeblocks used for the extension line the existing walls, which are thus insulated from inside. To complete the fusion, large larchwood boxes with windows form glazed openings in all three blocks, offering visual perspectives through the house and into the garden that runs along its north-south axis.
Street view: the existing building (right) plus one of the two extensions (left). As the local municipality insisted on maintaining the homogeneity of the area, we found a way to erase the differences between the old and the new while creating a resolutely contemporary project

Street view: the existing building (right) plus one of the two extensions (left). As the local municipality insisted on maintaining the homogeneity of the area, we found a way to erase the differences between the old and the new while creating a resolutely contemporary project

The "entrance extension": the original building had a raised ground floor, yet, instead of reproducing it in the extension modules, we opted for a half-storey shift. Entering the house, you can go directly to the kitchen/dining space; mount half a floor to access the bedroom or living room – or go half a floor downstairs, to the children’s room

The "entrance extension": the original building had a raised ground floor, yet, instead of reproducing it in the extension modules, we opted for a half-storey shift. Entering the house, you can go directly to the kitchen/dining space; mount half a floor to access the bedroom or living room – or go half a floor downstairs, to the children’s room

To convert the former semi-basement cellar into children's rooms, we considerably enlarged the windows and lowered the ground level of the adjacent garden

To convert the former semi-basement cellar into children's rooms, we considerably enlarged the windows and lowered the ground level of the adjacent garden

Courtyard view from the living room: one of the extensions houses the kitchen and dining room on the ground floor and the master bedroom on the first floor

Courtyard view from the living room: one of the extensions houses the kitchen and dining room on the ground floor and the master bedroom on the first floor

Large bay windows offer visual perspectives through the house and into the garden

Large bay windows offer visual perspectives through the house and into the garden

The existing volume accommodates the living
room (pictured) and the daughters’ rooms, all facing South. The window frames are large and deep enough to "house" a person

The existing volume accommodates the living room (pictured) and the daughters’ rooms, all facing South. The window frames are large and deep enough to "house" a person

Master bathroom with one of the glazed slits separating the two extensions and the original building

Master bathroom with one of the glazed slits separating the two extensions and the original building

Kitchen and dining room

Kitchen and dining room

View from the kitchen into the living room across the courtyard

View from the kitchen into the living room across the courtyard

Kitchen and dining room with the "entrance extension" at the rear

Kitchen and dining room with the "entrance extension" at the rear

Original building and the "entrance extension". Notice the shape of the roof slopes that facilitates the access of natural light to the living areas on the North side

Original building and the "entrance extension". Notice the shape of the roof slopes that facilitates the access of natural light to the living areas on the North side

The original building: a typical 1920s suburban house in brick and sandstone

The original building: a typical 1920s suburban house in brick and sandstone

The original building: a typical 1920s suburban house in brick and sandstone

The original building: a typical 1920s suburban house in brick and sandstone