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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. Panache in Grenoble, France by MEF – Maison Edouard FrançoisJanuary 31st, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MEF – Maison Edouard François In late 2011, we returned to Grenoble, a place of environmental experimentation with a previous project that made its mark on the ZAC de Bonne: the “Coming Out”. This time, another challenge is tackled, the one of height – with the same desire to push the limits of ’experimentation with energy performance even further. In an attempt to resolve the issue of thermal bridges once and for all, balconies had to be eliminated.  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia
 Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia The question of thermal bridges excluding from the outset a balcony solution, what could be done to ensure occupants would have a rapport with the exterior, for which they had legitimate expectations in an apartment in this city of such extremes of temperature in winter and summer? An additional objective, how could the distinction between upper “noble” floors versus lower “inferior” floors be achieved?  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia Separating the “balcony” function from the “dwelling” function seemed like an imperative, along with the stacking of the terraces on several levels on the roof, forming a sort of “green cloud”. Furthermore, these 35-m² spaces add another area in full sunlight, reached by an elevator, equipped with a summer kitchen and sanitary facilities, thus allowing for a certain level of autonomy in relation to the main part of the apartment.  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia When the heat of the summer becomes stifling, these balconies will enable occupants to breath and dialog as equals with the Belledonne mountain chain. The green cloud is thus a new outdoor and quite out of the ordinary space that will be sold as an independent lot and a sort of second home. Below, each apartment has a double orientation, with living rooms positioned at the corners with broad floor to ceiling windows. The proposal also extends into the core of the city blocks, each of which contains its “Folly”, a little alpine chalet housing an alternative program (BBQ, shared summer kitchen, guest apartment, etc.). These spin-off elements imbue this still developing urban zone with a specific sense of contextuality and landscape.  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia Identification of user needs and expectations In order to precisely target the response and to propose a project that meets the expectations of future users, Altarea Cogedim did a sociological survey of the lot mainly focused on the ZAC de Bonne ecodistrict and the 3 towers of the Ile Verte in Grenoble. This approach consisted of identifying lifestyles, urban practices and ecological behaviors by carrying out an exploratory study of the expectations and the social acceptability of the innovations in an eco-district. Delivering rich data, this study made it possible to highlight the aspirations of eco-district inhabitants and to better grasp the profile of eco-buyers.  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia Programming The project presents a range of typologies with a significant percentage of family apartments (4/5/6-room apartments) representing 29% (versus 15% to 20% in more “classical” programs). In this sense, the AC / BBP consortium wished to demonstrate its attachment to designing a program for a residential district.  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia Architectural description The project is an example of proactive thinking about a post-carbon city. The urban solution, architectural design and thinking about actual ways of inhabiting are combined to achieve three exemplary buildings, which are largely clad in glass, affordable for everyone and high-performing in terms of energy consumption: Python, UP and Panache. Here, the aim is to demonstrate the possibility of innovative and economically reasonable buildings while also providing occupants with a real and attractive quality of life. Our project also aims to give height a new look by inventing radical typologies.  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia  Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia The city block was taken into account as a whole, in order to create lively places on a human scale, shared by all. The shared life does not thrive on the sidewalk. It requires intermediate spaces between public and private areas where people can take the time to meet and greet each other. The heart of the city blocks are treated as little village squares, designed to foster encounters. The ramps offer access from the peripheral streets of each block. A house stands in this central space. An updated interpretation of a 19th century tradesmen’s lodge – potentially already existing on this site – or the integration of a mountain chalet in the heart of the already enclosed village, this contemporary “folly” houses a common room on the ground floor. It offers possibilities of shared uses and a striking feeling of detachment, an escape from the city, in the heart of a garden. The location of the latter has been carefully thought out to limit possible noise issues for the apartments while placing it at the center of the project. Each and every one will be able to take advantage of it as desired.  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