How to present a full-size stair that’s both inconspicuous and artistic? Provided with 2 floorings in an 1830s Paris structure that required to be knit together, designers Hélène Pinaud and Julien Schwartzmann of Heju created the concept of raising the actions above the cooking area– with a counter that extends out to end up being the stair landing.
The areas required such derring-do: each flooring is 50 square meters (538 square feet) and there was a lot to suit. The downstairs had actually constantly been utilized as living quarters and was last upgraded in the 1970s; the upstairs stayed an incomplete attic, when a woodworking workshop, accessed by the structure’s common stair– scroll to the end for a peek of what was.
Heju was entrusted with upgrading both levels for a freshly wed couple in their fifties. The change needed “a substantial quantity of structural work,” state the designers, whose lively take on minimalism we have actually been following practically given that they finished from the National School of Architecture in Strasbourg in 2015 (Heju is a mix of their 2 names). Join us for a take a look at the workmanship and cohesion they presented both upstairs and down.
Photography thanks to Heju
Lower Level: The Living Quarters
The metal-framed windows are brand-new additions that appear like the originals however are high carrying out. The radiator cover is tinted ash, a product that comes back as the stair railing, and the flooring is polished concrete.
