2005_MNB Home / Gabrielle Vinson Architecte
Textual content description offered by the architects. The undertaking pertains to the renovation of a small household home in Toulouse. Regardless of its dated and considerably run-down look, the home advantages from a five-meter vast parcel, which permits for a construction fabricated from beams and hollow-core slabs, thus providing simple open-plan prospects.
On the bottom flooring, the storage is eliminated, and the veranda and its utility room are demolished. On the road aspect, a brand new glass block wall set again from the façade creates a buffer zone from the road and sidewalk, offering area for bikes and containers.
The inside area is lowered to enhance habitability and provides the backyard extra magnitude. To the east, a big sliding glass door enhances the connection between the residing space and the backyard. By returning to its important quantity, the residing space good points extra gentle and merges with the backyard.
As the prevailing supplies are of fine high quality and in comparatively good situation, they’re reused wherever attainable. The completely different flooring tiles on the bottom flooring are preserved, typically partly eliminated to accommodate utility strains, after which reinstalled. Wall partitions are stuffed in with concrete, after which polished. The identical course of is utilized to the partitions and ceilings, the place the imprints of previous partitions are left uncovered.
The unique structure of the home and its subsequent adjustments are saved seen, and its legacy is transmissible. The speckled tiles from the previous veranda are cleaned and repurposed within the rest room. On the highest flooring, the roof is externally insulated, new openings are created, and the area is saved open to permit for the home’s potential to evolve once more.
