Rue des Suisses Housing

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Herzog & de Meuron

Two different urban situations characterize the housing project in the 14th arrondissement of Paris: on the one hand, the blocks overlooking Rue des Suisses and Rue Jonquoy and on the other, the courtyard with high fire walls at the back.

Our two apartment buildings on Rue des Suisses and Rue Jonquoy are incorporated into the facade, which is typical of residential neighborhoods in many Parisian arrondissements. The verticals represent the overall design of the relatively homogeneous facades of the adjacent buildings. As in most 19th-century Parisian neighborhoods, the street therefore conveys a certain elegance despite the fact that the individual buildings are not particularly attractive. Our two-room apartment building. The apartment in the house. The folding shutters can be adjusted individually by the residents so that, despite the targeted homogeneity of the facades, the overall impression of their appearance varies. The apartments are accessed via a central staircase, with a concierge controlling the entrance on Rue des Suisses.

The situation in the courtyard was completely different, because there were no predetermined urban specifications to use as a typological basis for the project. How should apartments be designed? What urban planning strategies should be pursued? What kind of buildings should be placed there?
We are trying to understand that we are living in Paris. We are dealing with a horizontal strategy, that is, we are maintaining the buildings.

An extended three-story structure with arcade-like balconies. The backbone of the complex in the block. Adjacent are cottages, one-story buildings for kitchens and bathrooms. In front of the long garden wall that runs along a playground, we built several small detached houses with gabled roofs. The result is a seemingly random system of small units, courtyards and paths with fragments of old walls overgrown with cultivated and wild vegetation.

This urban pattern is a surprise when it comes to the courtyard, because it is a great contrast with the alignment of the 19th century blocks that face the street. But, looking closely, one discovers some remains of an older, pre-Haussmann neighborhood, the little streets like Villa Mallebay, Villa Duthy or Villa Jamot
Landscaped backyard accommodations vary greatly in size, layout and placement.

The pale-faced concrete walls have been covered with a mesh of large, lattice-like synthetic ropes to provide a growing base for climbing plants such as ivy and wild vines. Wooden roller shutters along the three-story facade swing on patterned metal tracks, giving the building a profile, like a piece of furniture.
Herzog & de Meuron, 2000