Here we are at the foot of a Haussmannian building. Located in the Wagram district in Paris, this 35 m² apartment on the ground, exposed full east, was very bright for a ground floor, and it had a large height on a substantial ceiling. Good points. Owner of the premises for more than twenty years, this Clermont family had done some work there, including the creation of the mezzanine, then their son had lived in it and, today, it was high time to optimize it. For the record, the customer was in college with Rémy Bardin, the architect in charge of this beautiful transformation.
Two levels are better than one!
At the start, the atmosphere was more camping than Paradis in the heart of Paris: a basic stainless steel kitchenette appearing as a traveling shot, two sofas made up a living room, two mattresses were placed on the floor and the water room did not be the level. And if the mezzanine already existed, its access – a simple scale – was not at all secure and was sorely lacking in practicality. In short, there was a job! It is by creating a maximum of storage, by using the space available as well as the mezzanine and remaking a real Haussmannian identity that Rémy Bardin managed to make this white page a family foot, comfortable enough to stay there.
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