Architects Suleïma Ben Achour and Antoine Lallement construct joie-de-vivre into all of their designs. The 2 grew to become collaborators as college students at École Nationale d’Structure de Paris la Villette and we have now been avidly following their tasks since commencement: see A Spirited Paris House Transform, A Porthole Passage and a Shifting Bookcase, A Single Father’s Ensuite Retreat, and A Shaker-Impressed Bakery in Marseille
Suleïma runs Studio Classico of Paris and Marseille, and Antoine just lately opened his personal Marseille studio, Chapitre Structure. At present, we’re visiting one in every of their newest joint commissions, the refurbishment of a modest, five-story, previous condo constructing in central Marseille for a shopper who deliberate to show it into trip leases (however pivoted post-completion and bought the models). Engaged on a decent funds, Suleïma and Antoine aimed to be restrained of their structural interventions, whereas creating totally reinvented areas that mingle practicality with playfulness.
The 2 all the time have a good time craftsmanship of their work; on this case, they devised a design language that makes use of curves and round cutouts to introduce mild, ease of motion, built-in furnishings, plus lots of visible curiosity. Be part of us for a tour.
Images by Marvin Leuvrey, courtesy of Studio Classico and Chapitre Structure.
