Small House Design Concepts in a Paris Duplex by Heju
The way to introduce a full-size stair that’s each unobtrusive and suave? Offered with two flooring in an 1830s Paris constructing that wanted to be knit collectively, architects Hélène Pinaud and Julien Schwartzmann of Heju got here up with the thought of elevating the steps above the kitchen—with a counter that extends out to grow to be the stair touchdown.
The areas known as for such derring-do: every ground is 50 sq. meters (538 sq. ft) and there was lots to slot in. The downstairs had at all times been used as dwelling quarters and was final up to date within the Nineteen Seventies; the upstairs remained an unfinished garret, as soon as a carpentry workshop, accessed by the constructing’s communal stair—scroll to the tip for a glimpse of what was.
Heju was tasked with updating each ranges for a newly married couple of their fifties. The transformation required “an enormous quantity of structural work,” say the architects, whose playful tackle minimalism we’ve been following nearly since they graduated from the Nationwide College of Structure in Strasbourg in 2015 (Heju is a mixture of their two names). Be a part of us for a take a look at the craftsmanship and cohesion they launched each upstairs and down.
Images courtesy of Heju.
Decrease Stage: The Dwelling Quarters
The metal-framed home windows are new additions that appear like the originals however are excessive performing. The radiator cowl is tinted ash, a cloth that reappears because the stair railing, and the ground is polished concrete.
