Architects: Hamonic + Masson & Associés, Comte & Vollenweider
Area: 13,780 m²
Year: 2015
Photography: Takuji Shimmura, Milène Servelle
Lead Architect: Hamonic + Masson & Associés
Associate Architect: Comte & Vollenweider
Urban Planner: Ateliers Yves Lion
General Contractor: Bouygues Bâtiment
Urban Developer: Sémapa
Engineering and Quantity Surveying: SIBAT
Client: Bouygues Immobilier
City: Paris
Country: France
Housing in Paris residential building designed by Hamonic + Masson & Associés along with Comte & Vollenweider in Paris’ 13th arrondissement, completed in 2015, incorporates social housing and homeownership in a tiered tower structure that balances urban and suburban living elements.
Members of the Paris Council revised urban regulations for the Masséna-Bruneseau sector in the southeastern 13th arrondissement on November 16, 2011. This amendment permits the construction of residential towers up to 50 meters tall and office blocks up to 180 meters tall.
Functioning as a single building offering both social housing and homeownership, the project connects the rigid Avenue de France, the railway landscape, the entrance to the Ivry suburb, and the transition from a linear to a vertical city.
The terraces spiral upwards, catching light from every angle, creating a sense of progressive transformation. The structure of 200 homes has no feeling of repetition, with each apartment having a unique identity.
The design integrates suburban aspirations into apartment living by providing individual identities, outdoor spaces, and various apartment typologies within the collective building.
Living in the tower offers privileges like views, light, and sunshine, giving residents a sense of being above it all while still connected to the city.
The HOME project, completed in early 2015, is the first 50-meter residential tower built in Paris since the 1970s. It symbolizes a renewed interest in the potential of height in the Parisian landscape.
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Address: 2 Pl. Aurélie Nemours, Paris XIII 75013, France
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