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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. SOCIAL HOUSING AND KINDERGARTEN IN PARIS, France by GAETAN LE PENHUEL ARCHITECTESMay 24th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: GAETAN LE PENHUEL ARCHITECTES Urban resources Paris’s 11th arrondissement combines the city’s highest population density with one of its lowest green space totals. Set back from Boulevard Richard Lenoir, this large plot has been pre-emptively acquired by the City of Paris with a view to creating, along Impasse Truillot, a new public garden edged with social housing units and a crèche for 60 infants. The ultimate aim is a major green strip running from the forecourt of the church of Saint Ambroise to Boulevard Richard Lenoir. Whatever comes of this handsome urban project, currently awaiting the acquisition and demolition of business premises, the building fit with the size of the planned park.  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia
 Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia On my way to the park… This operation represents a rare opportunity to build something new in the heart of the 11th arrondissement. It open up a little-noticed cul-de-sac tucked away in the intricacies of Boulevard Richard Lenoir and reveal the new park – that shared space for getting together and relaxing – the locals have been waiting so long for. In the course of the operation the cul-de-sac become a passageway: from street to park and from stone to greenery via a treed opening that puts the width of the building on display; and from collective to private via the uncovered external access balconies on the cul-de-sac, which serve the apartments from street level to top floor. In all sorts of ways the building will mark the frontier between the city that is busy and seething and the city that is relaxing. The underlying agenda of Gaëtan Le Penhuel’s project is revealed by this ability to speak to two worlds simultaneously.  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia Environment first The duality of the brief is further reflected by the client’s environmental requirements: the crèche must comply with France’s Climate Plan (maximum energy consumption: 5O kWh/m2), while the apartments must meet the Low Consumption Building stipulations (50 kWh primary energy/m2/year).  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia In addition to the choice of materials, their installation and their performance our work involves finding architectural ideas which, while meeting the specifications, provide ample natural lighting indoors and generous views of the surroundings. So as to make the most of the view, the crèche’s playrooms and the apartment living rooms have large windows giving onto the park to the north. At the same time the apartments run straight through, offering an open space from the kitchen, which gives onto the cul-de-sac, to the living room, which gives onto the greenery; that way the south light penetrates deep inside. In the crèche an extra play space is created with a winter garden whose double-glazed skin functions summer and winter as a thermal buffer, while giving the children panoramic views of the park.  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © GAETAN LE PENHUEL ARCHITECTES  Image Courtesy © GAETAN LE PENHUEL ARCHITECTES  Image Courtesy © GAETAN LE PENHUEL ARCHITECTES
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