Paris, 12th arrondissement, quai de la Rapée. In this landscape saturated with symbols, the projet of Hamonic and Masson is one more object thrown to the city. Taking advantage of a clearing site, the project is prey to the built belt that surrounds it. All eyes are on it. Its inhabitants suffer from

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these screws for life and protect themselves from them by saturating their balconies with personal belongings. The sculpture becomes the showcase of the storage room.
I pack. A veil made of steel mesh envelops each of the towers. Its possible openings make it possible to preserve the views and dramatize life. Inside, prefabricated wooden cells of minimal life welcome. Their arrangement on the walls create networks of shared spaces. On the roofs, the veil protects an orangery and a playground. At the foot of the building it is the porous boundary between the hall and the garden. The area seems to be historically only partially built up, but becomes agricultural land.
On the ground floor there is an independent urban farmhouse. There is a large shared kitchen, a space for awareness and initiation to work.
of the earth. An orchard, as a playful garden crowns the project. The parking lot slab is pierced with 6 greenhouses. Light abounds there and taking advantage of its thermal inertia, an above-ground crop develops there.
The vertical sculpture disappears in the urban fabric in favor of a programmatic life that extends horizontally.

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Type

Buildings & Renovations

Materials

Wire mesh

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