WINNER RESTORING - RESIDENTIAL
Race course house Marcq-en Baroeul , France
by Clément Berton Architecte
Originally occupying a surface of 90 m ², the building had narrow floors scattered on two levels and small openings . The new owners asked Clément Berton Architecte agency to renovate and extend this villa , keeping the same size of the garden plot . The architect proposed to add a floor and to rearrange the existing space .
The ground level hosts the entrance hall , various amenities , the kitchen and an office . On the first floor there is a large living room that serves both as a lounge and a dining room . The 45 m ² top floor houses three bedrooms and facilities . The extension is well integrated into the urban environment , with long rows of houses typical from this part of France . The main asset of this house resides in its positioning with three orientations . The sun travels from East to West throughout the day .
The architect decided to create large openings on all three sides to benefit from the views . On the garden side of the ground floor , the metal builder Constru installed a glued corner frame and an external sliding window .
This motorised frame was developed from a LUMEAL slider . Its patented “ mid-tunnel ” installation makes it possible to conceal the aluminium from the inside and to slide the leaf to the outside , - the living room and the dining room offer distant views of the trees along the avenue to the South , and of the race track and golf course to the East , thanks to a 1.5 m long SOLEAL corner window on the short side and 4 m long on the long side , - on the upper floor , three new square windows are aligned with those of the floors below .
The TECHNAL joineries meet the different uses imagined for the house . They are installed at seat height to create benches in the living room and kitchen . All the frames are concealed in order to reinforce the purity of the lines , as well as the connection between inside and outside . The architect chose anodised aluminium for the profiles , a colour that he considers timeless , durable and well assorted with materials . The light-coloured profiles also contrast with the brick .
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