Atelier Martel

Description

The project is on a typical Parisian plot, shaped by Boulevard Ney and Rue du Poteau. This narrow parcel extends in depth, with a triangular form at the street front. It completes an unfinished urban block from the early 20th century with a corner building. The street-facing structure defines a new entrance, creating a built angle and setting a reference scale for future developments. Urban continuity is created by integrating the construction into a coherent ensemble, while architectural harmony is sought by exploring how the two buildings interact through mouldings, textures and proportions. The design follows a traditional Parisian layout: a vertical building along the street, aligned with the boulevard’s scale, and a smaller courtyard building with simplified forms but using the same materials. Two courtyards structure the plan: one paved and planted, separating shops from housing, and another with more vegetation to ensure privacy for a ground-floor apartment. The project pursues a bioclimatic strategy: cross-ventilated apartments, optimised orientations, modular solar protection, an efficient building envelope, heat recovery and photovoltaic energy. It meets Paris’s Climate Plan targets with 50 kilowatt-hours per square metre per year and holds Effinergie+ and NF Habitat HQE certifications. Artist Julien Serve designed a paved courtyard with marble patterns recalling the «Marble Court» at Versailles and a textured wall with geometric motifs that enhance the raw concrete.