Beauty for 8 Social Housing and Nursery by Jean-Christophe Quinton
01/05/2022.
[PAR] France
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The 8 social housing and a nursery building, in the center of Paris, is a project designed by the architect Jean-Christophe Quinton. The project stands in the dense Parisian 6th arrondissement, at Rue Jean-Bart, 12, a stone's throw from the Luxembourg Gardens.
The building between party walls establishes a dialogue between the volumes and textures of its two neighbors, built with formally different facades. The building develops a house per floor, characterized by building a facade finished in limestone.
The building between party walls establishes a dialogue between the volumes and textures of its two neighbors, built with formally different facades. The building develops a house per floor, characterized by building a facade finished in limestone.
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton. Photograph by Florent Michel
Site plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Ground floor plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
First floor plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Second to Fourth floor plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Fifth floor plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Sixth floor plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Seventh floor plan. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Diagram. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Diagram. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Elevation. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Section. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Stone diagram of façade. Section. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Sketchs. 8 Social Housing and Nursery Extension by Jean-Christophe Quinton.
Jean-Christophe Quinton designs the façade through a set of three concave stone curves that dynamize and distinguish a contemporary image of the building. The first four floors open onto the façade through balconies that become recessed terraces on the last three floors, achieving a visual and formal connection with its two neighboring buildings.
The apartments establish a direct relationship between the backyard and the façade facing the street, generating a spatial richness that is unusual in social housing, which, together with its interesting formal exterior design, makes the resulting ensemble speak of urban and architectural beauty. destigmatizing the typical austere image of social housing.
The apartments establish a direct relationship between the backyard and the façade facing the street, generating a spatial richness that is unusual in social housing, which, together with its interesting formal exterior design, makes the resulting ensemble speak of urban and architectural beauty. destigmatizing the typical austere image of social housing.
Images courtesy of Jean-Christophe Quinton Architect photos by Florent Michel.
Images courtesy of Jean-Christophe Quinton Architect photos by Florent Michel.
Project description by Jean-Christophe Quinton
In the heart of the density of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, this seven-story housing building attempts to find a balance between a discreet presence in the Parisian street, and an intentionally contemporary architectural style.
By its shape and its location, the building completes the street and reinforces the typical alignment of buildings along with the continuous morphology of the Parisian street. Likewise, its vertical openings and the use of natural limestone allow it to fit in its environment, in both materiality and shape. On an urban scale, the project fades into the built landscape.
At the building scale, the smooth curves of the facade, whose perception emphasizes in the high stories, give a strong architectural identity and clearly express its domestic dimension by showing each room through the facade.
The plan aims to reach this balance as well. It is structured by a sequence of rooms that organizes the dwelling: the staircase, the landing, the entrance hall, and the bedroom are connected as a continuous space that one can instantaneously feel. This layout renews the Parisian tradition of the connection between the picturesque universe of the courtyard and the more homogeneous one of the street. This sequence is also a backbone of empty space that brings natural light to the heart of every housing and that orchestrates, by emphasizing it, the view of Paris.
The identity of the project was born from the encounter of the formal intuition of the curved walls and the will for constructive use of the stone. This measured execution finds its explanation in the choice regarding the dimensions of the stones, their proportions, their color, their joints, and their layout. The appearance of the project is strengthened by a spare execution of details typically linked with the stone masonry such as curved quoins and corbels. Those elements are combined with the use of white window frames and folding shutters, enhancing the reinterpretation of the Parisian archetype.
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Architects
Jean-Christophe Quinton Architecture. Architects.- Jean-Christophe Quinton assisted by Charles Rosenfeld.
Design Team
Charlotte Billon, Elias Bourbia, Valentine Contant, Romain Curnier, Candice Grojean, Alexandra Javellaud, Florent Lesaulnier, Anne Machet, Valentine Machet, Emmanuel Malle, Yann Motreff, Paul Pascaud, Pierre Plaquevent, Charles Rosenfeld, Elena Tejero, Eric Zimmerli.
Collaborators
Consulting engineers.- Eco+construire (quantity surveyor), EXEDIX (structural engineer), AXPACAAL (Environmental engineer).
Area
550m² / 8 units / 7 storeys.
Dates
Completion.- September 2021.
Building permit.- December 2017.
Competition.- November 2016.
Building permit.- December 2017.
Competition.- November 2016.
Energy balance
H&E profil A - performance option / Plan climat - ville de Paris.
Location
12, Rue Jean-Bart, Paris 6E. France.
Photography
Florent Michel. 11h45.
Jean-Christophe Quinton Architecture
Jean-Christophe Quinton Architecture. French architecture firm established by Jean-Christophe Quinton, in Paris, in 2003. Jean-Christophe Quinton, born in 1972, graduated from the Paris-Belleville school in 2000. In 2004, he won the New Albums of Young Architects and was mentioned in the Chernikov Prize in 2010. He also teaches in various schools of architecture and, since 2015, has directed the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture of Versailles. The monograph of his work Towards the Immediate Strangeness of Forms received the City of Briey’s Grand Prix du livre d’architecture, in 2017. He has been a full member of the Académie d’Architecture since 2019.
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