Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte

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Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte

Information

  • Completion year: 2019
  • Gross Built up Area: 1392 sqm
  • Project Location: Paris
  • Country: France
  • Lead Architects/Designer: Christophe Rousselle
  • Structural Consultants: Kuzu concept
  • Contractors: ALTO A
  • Photo Credits: Antoine Huot, Takiju Shimmura
  • Others: Project Chief: Jean Phillipe Marre
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Excerpt: Le Copenhague, designed by Christophe Rousselle Architecte, emerges as a single, sober volume with simple shapes that oscillates between massiveness and transparency due to the alternation between concrete and glass. The building is configured as a large solid body of almost white concrete. The use of raw concrete has been chosen for being a unifying element – sober and elegant -, for its robust and durable quality, as well as for its structural advantage.

Project Description

[Text as submitted by architect] This residential project, located on the outskirts of Paris, emerges as a single, sober volume with simple shapes that oscillates between massiveness and transparency due to the alternation between concrete and glass.

The building is configured as a large solid body of almost white concrete, which contains 21 apartments distributed over 6 stories and which is inserted in a commercial plinth that tries to disappear through its glazed facade. The solid parts of this plinth are conceived in a dark tone that suppresses this level and provides a shadow in which the rest of the building is supported, giving lightness to the main volume.

Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
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Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Christophe Rousselle Architecte

Each facade was carefully thought out, and they provide two different ways of approaching to the public space. On one hand, one is conceived as a game of subtractions as you level up, producing generous outdoor spaces for the upper-story apartments. On the contrary, the other is thought of as a smooth element that is randomly interrupted by the different glazed openings. These two ways of facing the street, fit harmoniously into a single coherent body thanks to the mono materiality of the volume.

Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Takiju Shimmura
Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Takiju Shimmura

The use of raw concrete has been chosen for being a unifying element – sober and elegant -, for its robust and durable quality, as well as for its structural advantage when creating outdoor spaces that are a real attraction and that favor a long-term qualitative use. The polished finish, very similar to metal, was achieved through the use of a very smooth metal formwork and a light gray tint which is finished with a satin clear coat.

Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Takiju Shimmura
Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Takiju Shimmura
Le Copenhague | Christophe Rousselle Architecte
© Takiju Shimmura

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