Within the northern a part of Paris’ ninth arrondissement, on the decrease slopes of Montmartre, an artist’s house has been radically redesigned by the architect and designer Martin Massé. The 2 rooms have been and are separated by a load-bearing wall that accommodates the constructing’s chimney flues and so couldn’t be moved. Each different aspect of the house’s structure, together with the inside partitions and the places of the bathtub and kitchen, was truthful sport. “We determined to make use of the bigger room in the back of the house to accommodate the lounge, eating space and kitchen – all in an open plan association,” explains Martin. “The kitchen was wedged right into a nook of the house. It now consists of a row of cupboards, low sufficient to forestall them from changing into too imposing in the lounge.” Massive vertical storage cabinets have been built-in into the partitions making it appear as if they’ve at all times been an integral a part of the house, whereas the low row of picket cabinets preserve the open really feel of the house and conceal their features.
Surprisingly, on this new group, the a part of the house closest to the doorway turns into the sleeping space. To reduce the sensation that it’s important to undergo the bed room to get to the lounge, the architect designed a desk whose cabinets create an area that’s half passage, half workplace and serves to defend the mattress. The cabinets and their rounded ends are a barely up to date evocation of Artwork Deco fashion, with cream lacquer mixed with stained oak – the identical mixture as within the kitchen. Martin favors high quality over amount in his selection of supplies, and by combining wooden and waxed concrete in each locations, a theme is transferred from one room to the subsequent.
