Appartement Wassily
In this 1960s apartment in the Canal de l'Ourq district of Paris, architect Anthony Benarroche's intervention was to create a sustainable, gentle and humble setting, encouraging the hybridization of functions and as yet unknown evolutions.
The first step was to requalify the double living room by moving the kitchen to the street side, while a new bedroom replaced it on the garden side. This function takes the form of a long, dark sideboard, also serving as a bookcase, installed as a 5m-long piece of linear furniture. The suspended light fixture is made from construction site remnants: rails, wires, etc. The whole is inspired by the aesthetics of Marcel Brueur's Wassily armchair, loved by the residents.
The second step consists in reinforcing the double-orientation through-viewing quality by creating an unobstructed continuum from north to south. This gesture is underlined by the reduction in materials, which respond to the strict geometry of a square grid on the floor and walls (checkerboard parquet, mosaic, etc.). These subtle elements of geometry govern the composition of the elements: the square grid on the bathroom walls is interrupted by a thick circle of glass, reminiscent of the porthole of an imaginary ship.
