Wooden Ribbon condominium in Paris options an undulating timber wall

A sinuous plywood wall winds via the inside of this Parisian condominium, which has been redesigned by native studio Toledano + Architects.

Wooden Ribbon condominium is about inside a residential constructing that was constructed throughout Paris’ Haussmann period, which noticed the redesign of huge components of the town’s city panorama between 1853-1870.

The condominium has been left largely untouched because the finish of the 19th century and nonetheless boasts a handful of unique options, reminiscent of parquet picket flooring and ornate ceiling plasterwork.

Nonetheless, its present homeowners – a younger couple with a child – had been sad with the convoluted ground plan and awkwardly-sized rooms.

Regionally-based studio Toledano + Architects was introduced on board to “unveil a brand new appreciation of area” inside the dwelling, while sustaining the historic character of the constructing.

“I analysed the present area and realised that some sturdy components had been actually stunning and had no purpose to be destroyed,” the studio’s founder, Gabrielle Toledano, advised Dezeen.

“On the similar time, I didn’t need to compromise and get caught within the former format,” she continued.

“The plan grew to become fairly apparent as soon as I launched myself from the constraints imposed by the unique partitions.”

After knocking via the problematic partitions, the studio erected a snaking plywood wall that divides the condominium into three easy zones: a dwelling space, main bedroom, and sleeping quarters for the kid.

The wall was prefabricated off-site by a carpenter, who used moulds and laser reducing to realize its sinuous kind. It was then transported to the condominium and assembled over the course of simply in the future.

A part of the wall that seems within the sitting room has been inbuilt with a shelf the place the inhabitants can retailer their books or private ornaments.

The wall’s curved kind can also be echoed by the bean-shaped couch that sits on the centre of the area, upholstered in a warm-beige material.

Within the kitchen, the wall wraps across the rear of the room to kind storage cabinets – these may be pushed again to disclose the sink and home equipment just like the microwave.

The room is anchored by an enormous breakfast island crafted from gray travertine marble.

A door leads via to the master suite. It options an en-suite toilet that is completely clad in onyx, an expensive materials purposefully chosen by the studio to distinction the standard plywood that is been used to make the wall.

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Hidden doorways within the wall additionally give entry to the kid’s bed room, which features a neon-orange studying nook, and the dad and mom’ dressing room.

To make this area seem barely fashionable, the ceiling has been overlaid with a sheet of polycarbonate.

Minimal tubular lights have additionally been put in all through the condominium to light up dwelling areas.

“I actually needed to reinforce this dichotomy between historical and up to date,” added Toledano. “It’s extremely related in a metropolis like Paris the place each are in a continuing dialogue.”

Toledano + Architects was established in 2013 and works between workplaces in Paris and Tel Aviv. The studio overhauled a duplex condominium within the Israeli metropolis again in 2016, suspending a black-steel staircase at its centre.

Images is by Salem Mostefaoui.