"The project concerns the first house in a row of four terraced dwellings, built along a narrow plot. Originally conceived as modest workshops made with ordinary materials, typical of the fabric of Bagnolet, these structures have gradually been converted into family homes. They belong to that fragile typology of small workers' houses-descendants of a precarious form of housing, sometimes close to the shack-whose transformation demands the utmost care."
"They belong to that fragile typology of small workers' houses-descendants of a precarious form of housing, sometimes close to the shack-whose transformation demands the utmost care. The existing dwelling consisted of a single living space on the ground floor, with two low-ceilinged bedrooms and a bathroom tucked under the eaves, where the height ranged from 1 m to 1.80 m. Following the birth of a second child, the clients wished to alter the roof to expand the attic space."
The project involves the first house in a row of four terraced dwellings on a narrow plot originally built as modest workshops with ordinary materials typical of Bagnolet. These buildings have gradually been converted into family homes and represent a fragile typology of small workers' houses derived from precarious housing forms, sometimes close to shacks. The existing house had a single ground-floor living space, two low-ceilinged bedrooms and a bathroom tucked under the eaves with heights between 1 m and 1.80 m. After the birth of a second child, the clients requested a roof alteration to expand the attic space.
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