The 15 social housing project designed by the MAO architecture studio is located between the Boulevard de Picpus and an urban street in the Parisian district located in the twelfth arrondissement of the French capital.

The new 8-story building is integrated between the adjoining buildings following the classic modular composition of openings and walls, generating a modern design that harmonizes with a traditional Parisian neighborhood. The design intent is for tranquility, stability, and durability.
The building of 15 social housing units between party walls in Paris, designed by the MAO studio, solves construction problems in such a small space through prefabrication. The extensive prefabrication of masonry elements made it possible to shorten the construction time, in a site without space to carry out the work.

The facades are built by a concrete prefabrication system, the main one having 8 floors, while the rear only has 5 floors to adapt to the heights of the buildings on the street.
 

Description of project by MAO

The site is located in a rich but difficult urban setting. Built between a boulevard and an urban street, the project derives its volume and expression from this duality.

On Boulevard de Picpus, the 8-storey building harmonises with adjoining buildings. Marked with great urbanity and civility, the facades express a coherent shared built elevation. The repetitive grid, similar window module and masonry project a very classic character. The design intent seeks calmness, stability and durability.

On rue Sibuet, the building is a lower built volume. The lower height reduces overlooking between neighbours and integrates the building into the streetscape. This 5-storey building also deploys the adjoining regularity of window openings. On the roof, a shared deck provides residents with a large outdoor space and vegetable garden.

The tight site required a building design that takes into account the construction constraints and resulting nuisance to the neighbourhood. Extensive prefabrication of masonry elements made it possible to shorten construction programme, on a site without storage space.

The concrete prefabrication system (precast walls) is evident in facade, giving to it mouldings and proportions. The application of materials is frugal and sober. A colourless stain to protect the precast concrete, timber joinery and shading (made in Corrèze), a black metal joinery (welded and assembled in Bagnolet) give the facades domesticity and character.

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Project team
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Architect manager.- Fabien Brissaud. Architect.- Aurélien Ferry.
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Client
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I3F.
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Area
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Floor area.- 650 sqm. Living area.- 607 sqm.
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Budget
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Cost of the works (excl.VAT).- € 2.08 M.
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Building permit.- August 2017. Delivery March.- 2021.
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Concrete premur (finish with hollow joints and butt joints).- IDSB. Colorless stain (Boulevard de Picpus).- Colorless KEIM. Gray stain (rue Sibuet).- KEIM RAL 9473. Larch - joinery.- Bieber. Larch - Marseille shutters.- Corrèze closing. Powder coated steel - commercial curtain facade.- SAPA. Powder-coated steel - railing.- Porte de Bagnolet. Porcelaine assembly workshop - bathroom and kitchen lighting.- Zangra. Porcelain stoneware - hall tiles.- Samsara. Porcelain stoneware - bathroom and kitchen tiles.- Frazzi. Stainless steel - fittings.- Gröhe.
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52, boulevard de Picpus, Paris (12th arrondissement), France.
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Mobile Architectural Office is an architectural studio founded in 2012 by Fabien Brissaud in Paris. The studio, composed of a team of approximately ten experienced architects, is now led by Fabien Brissaud and Aurélien Ferry.

Specializing in urban and environmental architectural design, Mobile Architectural Office is a multidisciplinary platform where taking into account environmental, economic, social, and political data is considered crucial to the overall success of the project. The office develops its projects "in situ", drawing on local architecture to develop simple, effective, and context-friendly solutions. It seeks to directly solve spatial problems while simultaneously challenging new architectural challenges beyond the buildings themselves.

The agency's work stems from a context-related design approach that allows architectural writing to be found and anchored in its territory. The agency seeks to solve complex spatial problems in the most direct and effective way. Its goal is to find solutions and question simple yet meaningful solutions and to challenge new challenges and fields of practice by seeking to understand architecture theoretically and beyond the built object.

Their goal is to create specific, sustainable, and adaptable architectures that prioritize resource conservation to address environmental and social challenges. Each project is designed with special attention to construction quality, the buildings' lifespan, and the choice of materials, keeping in mind that some solutions may be simple and innovative, while others may be ambitious.

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Published on: June 21, 2021
Cite:
metalocus, PAULA ARIAS
"Prefabricated systems for classic compositions. 15 social housing units and commercial premise by MAO architects" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/prefabricated-systems-classic-compositions-15-social-housing-units-and-commercial-premise-mao-architects> ISSN 1139-6415
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