Sumit Singhal Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Cardinet Quintessence in Paris, France by Périphériques Architectes
March 30th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Périphériques Architectes
In order to meet the ambitious requirements in terms of comfort, of performance (low energy consumption building – 50 kWh/m2 per year not including produced photovoltaic energy), and of economy, we have imagined a building in an innovative form, use and function.
Implantation: The project lets the parcenter in the heart of the block – we are interested in « opening large and direct views from within the depth of the blocks. We suggest a compact building with a parc all around, extending to the heart of the next blocks.
Morphology: A compact building is an ecological and an economical one. Our building is ring shaped around a vast and luminous yard. All the apartments therefore enjoy a double exposition. The exterior and interior envelopes have light thick facades that allows to reduce thermal bridges as well as to integrate an important insulating layer.
On the exterior a textured metal protection « clothes » the envelope, whereas the yard facade is covered in a prismatic reflecting skin made in aluminum sheets. When perforated, those sheets function as absorbing baffles as to assure a pleasant space to share and live.
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