Article source: Atelier ramdam architects

In 2011, RAMDAM was approached by SCI «Au Bon Coin» for the redevelopment of a small occupied building, situated on the banks of the Saint-Denis canal. This early 20th century building, an emblematic canal-side structure, used to be home to the lockkeepers’ café, Au Bon Coin, famed for featuring in a Robert Doisneau photograph.

Image Courtesy © Michèle Constantini

• Architects: Atelier ramdam architects
• Project: RAMDAM – AU BON COIN
• Location: Saint-Denis (93), canal, Paris
• Photography: Michèle Constantini
• Mission: complète type Loi MOP + OPC
• Client: SCI «AU BON COIN»
• Engineering consultants: Bureau Thermidor / IcTEC
• Area: 201 m2 SHAB
• Cost: 400 000 € HT
• Calendar: 2011-2014
• Materials and techniques used: non-treated wood (Douglas fir for the structure and larch for the cladding), cellulose wadding and wood fibre for insulation, Fermacell dry screed, hydro-gumming of the existing brick, re-pointing and lime coating.
• Systems: district heating and ECS gas production, humidity controlled ventilation

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