
Located in a discontinuous residential area, this house takes over a pavilion dating from the 1930s and radically transforms it.
It blends into the urban landscape, following the street’s silhouette while maintaining aesthetic and functional autonomy. At first glance, the building presents a simple volume based on a square plan, but it would be a mistake to call it “simple.” Indeed, it offers two open floors with no partitions, providing total transparency that permeates the entire project, from the street to the rear garden. This interior layout offers a series of spaces that are both contrasting and generous, playing on volumes and perspectives.
This house reinvents traditional housing by playing on contrasts—between old and new, closed and open, light and shadow—while offering a variety of spaces that invite diverse and flexible uses.
Wood-concrete house
Place: Aubervilliers, France
Studio: MANO
Author: Benjamin Loiseau
Completion: 2025
Floor area: 220 m2
Photo: Antoine Duhamel