Built space
Mixed use building PARIS 34
Project description
Situated in an intricate context, on a plot that has a blind wall facing the southern side and a park in the north, the extremely difficult volumetric decision was to realize this mixed building housing unit so that it could contain all the requisite functions, but at the same time to respond to urban planning challenges. Thus, the building with a commercial ground floor and 11 apartments was designed in the volume resulting from the necessary and skillfully oriented withdrawals. We developed a useful blind wall in case of future reorganization of the Paris Street and generated through withdrawals a series of terraces facing the nearby park. To counter the Nordic orientation, all levels have been folded so as to let in the necessary light from the east and west, thus resulting in this intentionally irregular aspect. Also, each apartment was designed so that it can be carried out in certain versions on two levels, with interior stairs, resulting in a composition of superimposed volumetric blocks, thus leaving the usual pattern of an apartment building.
Author's presentation text
SQMA aims to provide architecture of the highest quality, responsibly designed for our clients, for their buildings, for the people that see and use them and also for the environment. Based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, we cover a large range of services across the private and public sectors, from architecture, interior design, urban planning to professional consultation, concept design and project management.We believe in teamwork and our experience so far has led us to developing a creative team with the knowledge and ambition to manage the most complex of the programmes. We work close to the client’s needs, we analyze the site, we feel the context, we imagine the building’s users. Each new project inspires us to produce architectural objects that are meaningful and practical, with an inner beauty that creates the perfect environment for better spaces
