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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. Home building, ZAC Masséna in Paris, France by Hamonic+Masson & Associés, Comte VollenweiderMarch 26th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Hamonic+Masson & Associés Members of the Council of Paris revised the urban regulations for the Masséna- Bruneseau sector in Paris’ southeasterly 13th arrondissement at the city council meeting of Tuesday 16th November 2011. This amendment will allow the construction of residential towers measuring 50 metres tall, and of office blocks measuring up to 180 metres tall.  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura
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 Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura Functioning as one single building and offering social housing and home ownership opportunities, the project links the strict rigidity of the Avenue de France, the railway landscape, the entrance to the Ivry suburb and finally the transition from a linear city to a vertical one.  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura The terraces spiral upwards, catching the light at every angle, adding to the allure of this tiered tower, whilst leaving an impression of progressive transformation. The performance resides in the fact that there is no feeling of repetition throughout this structure of 200 homes. The apartments are stacked on top of one another, but each has its own strong, unique identity.  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura Many people aspire to live in suburban style, individual housing. There are many reasons for this, but in particular being able to create a true identity for one’s own home. Secondly there’s appeal of eating outside, having direct contact with the outdoors from the comfort of your own house, all whilst owning ones own land. These desires must be integrated in to the scale of the apartments in a collective building. We have responded to this search for individual identity, ownership and differentiation by creating multiple exterior spaces and apartments with various, differing typologies within the collective.  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura Living up high gives a sense of privilege: the view, the light and the sunshine… Some say they “have their head in the clouds.” Being in the city whilst also being able to shut oneself off and see the land below and the horizon: living here is like getting away from it all.  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura The HOME project will be complete at the beginning of 2015 and will be the first housing operation of 50 metres to be built in Paris since the 1970s. It is symbolic of a willingness to reconsider the possibility and the potential of height in Paris.  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura  Image Courtesy © Milène Servelle  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura  Image Courtesy © Milène Servelle  Image Courtesy © Takuji Shimmura  Image Courtesy © Hamonic+Masson & Associés, Comte Vollenweider  Image Courtesy © Hamonic+Masson & Associés, Comte Vollenweider  Image Courtesy © Hamonic+Masson & Associés, Comte Vollenweider
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