Exhibition 13th May to 1st November 2009

Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris

This residential building was designed for the exhibition 'Habiter Ecologique' or  ‘For Sustainable Living’ held at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris.

The building is 1,780m2 over six floors and is located in Boulogne Bilancourt just outside Paris. It is conceived as a series of overlapping timber layers. One façade has protruding ‘boxes’ that create a dynamic elevation with private protected terraces. The opposite side is calm and ordered. The spaces flow into one another and link the two sides of the building. Shared services are on the ground floor, such as  the kindergarten, restaurant and bar and on the roof is a garden shared by all the inhabitants.

The environmental strategies employed, such as photovoltaics, materials and insulation, have allowed a building that is energy positive, producing 6kWk/m2 per year more than it consumes.