Within the Hauts-de-Seine area simply exterior of Paris, an 800-square-foot brick townhouse from the Nineteen Twenties was carved out from the middle and reborn anew due to Paris-based agency Corpus Studio. Architects Ronan Le Grand and Konrad Steffensen have been known as upon by the proprietor, an artwork collector in his early thirties, to reunite the three flooring of the townhouse which had been damaged up into totally different house items. Corpus Studio carved a void within the middle and rebuilt the staircase in uncooked aluminum to open up every flooring. An suave consideration to element, a signature of the architects, was carried out together with adorning that got here “naturally and instinctively,” they clarify. “No guidelines, durations, or types are adhered to. Concord was present in juxtaposition and surprising however complementary compositions.”
Images by Christophe Coënon courtesy of Corpus Studio.
Above: On the primary flooring (thought-about the second flooring within the US), a lounge opens off the aluminum staircase with gentle getting into from each home windows and the newly-constructed, giant glass roof above. The couch is a Seventies Ennio Chiggio sourced from Maisonjaune Studio. The espresso desk and sculptural vase is by Marcel Delmotte circa Seventies from Galerie Aurélien Gendras. The ceiling gentle is from Wever & Ducré and the sconce is by Christopher Boots from Galerie Armel Soyer.Above: The flooring are a Douglas parquet with every slab made up of 21 end-grain wooden blocks from Drakkar.Above: The high-backed armchair with picket body and leather-based seat is by Dominique Zimbacca from 1980 sourced at Galerie Yves Gastou.Above: The partitions all through are completed in Marmorino, a marble powder with moiré results. Window coverings are a motorized exterior Venetian blind system carried out all through the home that includes rotating slats to regulate gentle and privateness.Above: The kitchen is designed with customized sawn and brushed European oak completed with a clear oil and customized uncooked aluminum handles. The kitchen faucet is a brushed stainless-steel faucet from Mina Rubinetterie and the sink is a Franke undermount sink in Fragranit, a resinous granite quartz. The backsplash is designed in zellige tile from the now-closed Emery & Cie. The sunshine fixture is the Neón de Luz by Joan Gaspar at Marset.Above: The yellow fiberglass kitchen desk is by Matti Suuronen from 1960. The oak and wicker chairs are designed by the Artisans de Marolles sourced at Galerie Desprez Bréhéret.
