一个疯狂的客户。故事开始于2017年秋初，我们收到一封奇怪的电子邮件，要求我们提供帮助。作者向我们解释说，他和他的妻子刚刚买了一栋位于巴黎一个院子后面的废墟房子，他们想把它改造成他们的家庭住宅。在电话中快速交谈后，我们意识到，这个家庭只是买了一堆旧石头，却不知道他们是否能够或被允许在其中做些什么。对我们来说，客户完全是疯了，或者是个天才，在不知道正确答案的情况下，我们决定参加这次冒险，这将会持续几年，希望能帮助一个中产阶级家庭留在巴黎。
A crazy client. The story begins when we received a strange email asking for our help at the beginning of autumn 2017. The author explained to us that he and his wife just bought a house in ruins situated on the back of a Parisian courtyard and that they wanted to transform it into their family house. After a quick chat on the phone, we realised that this family just bought a pile of old stone without knowing if they would be able or allowed to do something out of it. For us, the client was completely crazy or a genius, without knowing the correct answer we decided to take part in this adventure which was going to last for a few years and hopefully helps a middle-class family to stay in Paris.
一条道路上布满了陷阱。在分析了该地块的城市学和建筑学方面的限制后，我们决定利用现有的建筑结构，在其基础上增加三层新闻层，创造一个全新的家庭住宅。如果说建筑通常可以被认为是一种勇敢的行为，那么在巴黎这样的城市中建筑应该被称为英雄主义。在早期草图和开始施工之间的这条漫长的道路上，该项目必须经过共同所有者、城市规划局和我们的客户（低）预算的批准。
A path is strewn with pitfalls. After analysing the urbanistic and constructive constraints of the site we decide to use the existing building structure to create a completely new family home by adding three news storeys on top of it. If the building can often be considered as an act of bravoure, building in a city like Paris should be called heroism. During this long path in between the early sketches and the beginning of the construction, the project had to go through the approbation of the co-ownership, the city planning office, and our client (low) budget.
项目的投票是以一票之差获得的，建筑许可证被拒绝，然后被接受，然后被邻居攻击，最后被接受！这就是我们的工作。当我们终于能够开始建造大楼时，我们开始认为客户是一个天才或一个非常幸运的人。
The vote of the project was obtained by a thin majority of one vote, the building permit was denied, then accepted, then attacked by the neighbours to finally be accepted! When we were finally able to start the construction of the building we were starting to think that the client was a genius or a very lucky guy.
在一个院子中间的塔。让我们来谈谈这个项目。通过在现有建筑上增加三层，我们很快意识到，我们是在一个6×4米的空间基础上建造一个6层的 “塔”。由于我们想保留现有的结构，新的结构必须尽可能的轻，这就是为什么我们决定使用木质元素来建立新闻层。这种木质结构被当作项目的核心元素，在大部分内部空间都可以看到，特别是楼梯间。
A tower in the middle of a courtyard. Let’s talk about the project. By adding three more storeys to the existing building we quickly realized that we were working on a 6 storey “tower” based on a 6×4 m space. Since we wanted to keep the existing structure, the new structure had to be as light as possible, that’s why we decided to use wooden elements to build up the news storeys. This wooden structure is treated as a central element of the project and is visible in most of the inside spaces, especially the stairwell.
考虑到建筑只能有一个可以看到的立面，我们决定将每一层的立面作为一个独立的元素，反映或隐藏它背后的生活。这样一来，建筑的主立面可以被看作是不同用途和建筑的叠加。另一方面，建筑的后立面用聚碳酸酯薄膜覆盖，允许甜美的光线进入楼梯间和商品房。半透明的表皮在建筑的顶部创造了一个屋顶温室，并与主立面相连接。这样一来，当夜幕降临时，建筑就变成了一个诗意的灯笼。
Considering that the building could have only one facade with a view, we decided to treat each storey’s facade as an independent element reflecting or hiding the life behind it. Doing so the building’s main facade can be seen as stacking of different usage and architecture. On the other hand, the back facade of the building is covered with polycarbonate skin allowing a sweet light to enter the stairwell and the commodity rooms. The translucent skin is topping the building creating a greenhouse on the rooftop and a connection with the main facade. Doing so the building transforms itself into a poetic lantern when nightfall.
住在巴黎。如果乍一看这个项目似乎是一个疯狂的赌注，那么它最终成为一个伟大的实验，即如何在房价不断上涨的情况下将中产阶级家庭留在这个城市。重新利用现有的建筑结构有助于我们节省大量的建筑材料、能源和土地。通过这样做，我们最终成功地在一个拥挤和价格过高的城市中为一个家庭创造了一个现代节能建筑。
Staying in Paris. If at the first sight this project seems to be a crazy bet it ends up being great experimentation on how to keep middle-class families in the city despite the constant rising of the housing prices. Reusing the existing structure of the building helps us save a lot of building material, energy, and land. By doing so we finally managed to create a contemporary energy-efficient building for a family in the middle of a crowded and overpriced city.
Architects: Java Architecture
Area: 105 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Caroline Dethier
City:Paris
Country:France