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Vertbois Building / Moussafir Architectes + Inside Outside Architecture

Paula Pintos — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Restructuring a modern building in the Haut Marais. This 10-level commercial building designed in the 1970s by the Biro Fernier firm is a rare example in this sector of France’s 30-year post-war economic boom. It is comprised of a 7-story reinforced concrete framework on top of a 3-level underground car park built with prestressed concrete technology - innovative for the period - an inverted vault supporting a suspended garden in the heart of the city block and a Mansard roof profile with 6 lucarnes crowning the building, the entire structure is made of shuttered concrete.

The Cubist House / Moussafir Architectes

Florencia Mena — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Designed for a Paris-based family with two children, the Cubist House is located in a courtyard that encloses an urban oasis, totally disconnected from the busy, greenless street outside.

Tetris, social housing and artist studios / Moussafir Architectes

Jonathan Alarcón — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The project is part of a larger urban program aimed at regenerating underprivileged neighborhoods in Northern Paris. The action plan developed in close cooperation between the city, the local associations and the landlord included new and refurbished low-rent housing, as well as studios for artists and musicians.

La Luciole Concert Hall / Moussafir Architectes Associés

Nico Saieh — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Situated on the edge of Alençon, in the rural landscape of Lower Normandy, La Luciole – French for «firefly» – resulted from the efforts of its passionate director-«programmateur». Founded in 1994, this concert facility has carved itself a reputation, attracting renowned musicians to its tiny performance hall.

Le Temps Machine / Moussafir Architectes Associés

Diego Hernández — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Ideas & Objectives
The former Joué-lès-tours youth center was a blocky, opaque, inward-looking building that failed to interact with the surrounding public space and no longer met current standards and requirements.

Maison Escalier / Moussafir Architectes

Nico Saieh — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Built on the site of an old house set between two buildings in the heartof a very well-preserved block in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, this house is designed as a tree-like structure delimited on three sides by the original walls. Only the entirely glazed south façade belies the almost total reconstruction of the building and provides a glimpse of the volumetric complexity of its interior spaces. Even more than that of a tree, the most effective metaphor for the project might be that of a Cyclopean stairway: the house is a stair whose core houses the wet rooms, whose stairwell is defined by the gables of the neighbouring buildings, and whose steps and landings form the various living spaces.

Maison Leguay / Moussafir Architectes Associés

Andrew Rosenberg — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

In order to preserve the character of this classic brick-and-stone suburban house while doubling its surface area, we decided to duplicate it by adding two side blocks, two ‘clones’ set at right angles to it, where there used to be a shed. This arrangement has allowed us to create a harmonious trio of buildings set around an inner garden, while preserving the street alignment. The new home is made up of three dissociated elementary blocks, a square and two rectangles, separated by two narrow glazed gaps and with matching sloping rooves.