acte deux turns paris house into swimming lane of coloration

acte deux turns a paris house right into a ‘swim lane’

On the sixth ground of a residential constructing in Paris’ tenth arrondissement, Acte Deux reimagines a 73-square-meter house as a playful inside panorama formed by references to swimming swimming pools, titled Couloir de Nage. The renovation challenge merges a street-facing veranda with a secondary lounge and introduces a large bay window that opens throughout two-thirds of its width, increasing views and increasing the residing space towards the outside.

Throughout the house, the designers introduce visible cues borrowed from aquatic environments. Mosaic surfaces seem within the kitchen, circulation areas, and toilet, the place they hint linear patterns harking back to swimming pool lanes. These graphic parts information motion via the house very like marked lanes manage swimmers in water. The palette reinforces the reference, with azure-blue cabinetry and finishes echoing the tones generally related to pool basins and coastal structure.

all photographs by Jean-Baptiste Thiriet

Couloir de Nage: home scenography with nautical parts

The Paris-based studio, based by Johanna Lapray and Hugo L’Ahélec, restructures the compact dwelling via a sequence of spatial and visible interventions. The renovation begins with a reconfiguration of the prevailing format of the house. By combining the veranda with the adjoining residing house, Acte Deux consolidates fragmented rooms right into a extra steady atmosphere. The redesigned bay window permits the facade to open broadly and produce daylight deep into the inside, bettering, on the identical time, circulation but additionally establishing the conceptual framework of the challenge. 

Additional particulars strengthen the thematic ambiance of Couloir de Nage. Nautical fittings and pool-like fixtures seem alongside extra typical home parts. A bean-shaped sink, recalling the gentle geometries of Californian swimming pools, turns into a focal object inside the lavatory. The house assembles fragments of aquatic iconography, translating them into an inside language.

the kitchen island sits between wooden flooring and mosaic tiles

the kitchen tiles mark the transition between areas

azure-blue cabinetry and mosaic tiles reference the colours and textures of swimming swimming pools

a tiled ground extends the pool-inspired palette into the kitchen space