DIOR MEN OFFICES
style offices, showroom and couture workshops - major rehabilitation and extension
The block develops on six levels (basement to R + 4), with a main building on the rue de Marignan and wings back on the impasse Bourdin.
On pre- existing first floor terrace overlooking the impasse, a wood-frame house adjoining the gable wall is demolished and an extension replaces it.
The extension creates a meaningful dialogue with the existing site by giving back good proportions to the terrace.
The extension includes new shared areas and a covered outdoor walkway. It is grafted to the building. To revitalize the existing architectural style, without distorting or faking the preserved facades, this extension
features a deliberately contemporary style and is widely opened to the terrace.
To emphasize the intervention, the extension is slightly elevated and detached from the wall. LED lights reinforce the impression of an object placed at the heart of Paris heritage.
The choice of materials confirms this game of contrasts: wood, glass and metal meet to offer a timeless architectural vocabulary.
Framed in black, the extension is highlighted : the vertical lines try to repeat the sequence of existing windows, while the diagonal on the canopy are to be imagined as a reinterpretation of the old Parisian glass roofs.
On the dead end, two new windows shed light on the ground floor. A glass roof that enlivens the terrace is created to bring more natural light.
