In a residential street, close to Le Castillet, the remains of the city’s ramparts, a number of town houses and small buildings constructed between 1880 and 1930 are still standing. On an empty 12.5-metre-wide lot, the project proposed by Claire Guiral for an opulent three-storey private mansion was immediately accepted by the official Architectes des Bâtiments de France, attracted by the spirit of the beautiful full brick design.
External wall insulation with facing brick
The 180 m2 house adjoins buildings on both sides. The two floors of façades facing the street and the garden are made of brick, in line with the request for durability, while harmonising the new building with its environment. The architects opted for external wall insulation using hand-moulded full brick to protect the load-bearing wall, helping to insulate it from harmful outside influences. Carefully jointed, it is self-supporting and linked to the load-bearing wall across an empty space and 10 cm of thermal insulation by five or six girders for each square metre.
The garden façade is resolutely contemporary. The large bay windows on the ground floor are protected by an awning made of wooden slats. The external wall with brick facing on the upper floors is set back to provide a wide terrace with access through the sliding windows on the first floor.
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