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Maison Carlier
By : yh2 _ Yiacouvakis Hamelin Architectes
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 16th edition
Discipline : Interior Design
Categories : Residence / Kitchen : Gold Certification
Categories : Residence / Residential Space 1,600 - 5,400 sq.ft. (150 - 500 sq.m.) : Gold Certification
Built on a through lot, in place of a parking lot. The Maison Carlier is an urban densification project in the heart of Little Italy.
The project is defined by the meeting of two bodies of building, a volume of suspended brick crossed by a vertical curved block of wood and glass.
The house is spread over three levels plus a mezzanine giving access to a roof terrace.
It integrates on the first floor an office that can be transformed into an independent dwelling as well as the entrance to the house. These are inscribed inside the volume of wood and glass. The main living rooms are located on levels two and three in the masonry volume.
The wood curve guides the entrance to the house and penetrates the spaces on the first floor. The independent office/living space is organized around the mahogany volume. The curve of wood accompanies the strolling from the front of the dwelling, a very luminous space overlooking the street, to the back of the dwelling, including a bathroom, housed in the wooden volume, and a more intimate room opening onto the backyard. A succession of linear storage units takes place on the adjoining wall. A white panel interspersed with dark blue slices at the entrance and in the kitchen, these tones echo those of the terrazzo floor, a pattern that runs through all the spaces on this floor, without distinction.
As soon as you enter the house, the staircase appears, whose work resumes the gestures applied to the exterior; meeting of materials and imbrication of forms. Floating masses of wood, the steps are supported by a curved stringer. The handrail, like a ribbon, unfolds over the three levels without interruption.
Non-traditional distribution of uses on the different levels, the rooms, including the master suite, are organized on the second floor naturally less luminous. The mix of materials between fabrics, wallpaper, wood or ceramics, these textures enrich the space and contribute to the enveloping atmosphere of the place.
In contrast, the living rooms are located on the third floor. The living room, dining room and kitchen are located on the third floor, which is bathed in light and has many windows to the outside. Entirely open to each other, the variations in ceiling height delimit the uses. The glass extrusion reappears here, a well of light in the double height space expands towards the sky and the canopy of trees. In the double height, the staircase gives access to the roof terrace. The views of the city are revealed as you ascend.
Here again, curved forms inhabit the space, whether it is the mark of the glass extrusion on the ceiling, the niche in the living room or the kitchen island, they soften the space. Inside the latter, elements with singular shapes, tones and materials are woven. A curved island in fluted wood, a furniture front in lined glass, a mass of marble, a velvet armchair and a tinted glass light fixture are all components that make it a rich architecture.
Architecture made of simple volumes in adequacy with its context, this one stands out by a work of the material and its implementation. It then becomes an expressive architecture whose careful details and variety of textures and materials are the breadcrumb trail.
Collaboration
Architect : yiacouvakis hamelin architectes
General Contractor : Frères Carlier, Cargem
