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Atelier Tarabusi

Atelier Tarabusi

Paris, FR

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Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
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A Sustainable Neighborhood in Nantes

The program is composed of 2 apartment blocks of 36 flats and 7 blocks of Multi-Family Dwellings with 26 flats. Each typology correspond to different ways of living: the first one looks like "classic" and fixed, while the second one is atypical and evolutionary. The aim is to answer with a maximum of possibilities to the different buyers’ demands (the first buyers, investors, families, early couples, etc ...).

The Multi-Family Dwellings are conceived as small blocks with a compact form. The sequence of the blocks (two lines of 3 and 4) is regularly interrupted by  vertical and horizontal connections between the flats and the inner court. Each block is composed by two duplexes of 3 bedrooms with a private garden at ground and first floor, and two smaller flats of 1 and 2 bedrooms directly accessible by privates terraces at the second floor. All the duplex housings at  ground floor of the intermediate buildings are characterized by the living room organized by a double height space, that’s a real reserve of surface: a door-window and the electrical installation already realized allow you to realize an additional 12m² bedroom for a low price.

The structure adopted for the buildings is a mixed wood-concrete structure:
- Perpendicular to the streets walls, interior walls and floors are made of concrete;  
- Parallel to the street and to the garden walls, non-load bearing walls are made of preaged wood of pine.

The buildings’ visual and formal aspect has a direct correspondence to this constructive principle, which gives a strong coherence and homogeneity to the different volumes.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Nantes, FR
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Client: Espacil
Engineer: I2C
Photo credits: Sergio Grazia

 
View from the street
View from the street
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
T4 Housing duplex: interior view
T4 Housing duplex: interior view
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
Rain water gathering basin
Rain water gathering basin
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
Multy-family Dwellings: South façade
View of an T2 housing
View of an T2 housing
Multy-family Dwellings: North façade
Multy-family Dwellings: North façade
Collective housing on the parking
Collective housing on the parking
View from the heart of the block
View from the heart of the block
Model
Model
Flexibility
Flexibility
Multy-family Dwellings
Multy-family Dwellings