House extension / Christophe Nogry

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Text description provided by the architects. This project of extension is in a suburban zone of a district of the city of Nantes, facing in a set of building of the 1960s.

The wish of the client was to create an extension in the west end of the plot, to enlarge the living & dining room rez of road and to build a new room  in the floor, including an adjacent bathroom.

Because of the narrowness of the space we had, the idea to build with maritime containers quickly appeared.

House extension / Christophe Nogry - Facade, Windows
© Stéphane Chalmeau

After the explanations of the concept to our client, his enthusiasm was total.

Beyond the recycling and the diversion of a container for the architecture, it is the object which pleased our customer - kind of from "feet to nose" in generally accepted ideas in the sacro holy traditional construction.

House extension / Christophe Nogry - Shelving
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The dimensions of containers allowed us to accommodate rez of road a big collection of books, vinyl records and CD. For it Jean François Godet - designer and associated designed a customized bookshelf. The totality of this space is dedicated to multimedia and relaxation.

House extension / Christophe Nogry - Chair, Shelving
© Stéphane Chalmeau

As soon as the project was accepted by the local authorities and the granted building permit, we attempted to choose ecological materials as long as the insulation, cork panels for walls and ceilings and vrac for the floors and the internal subdivision or floor covering. These partitions are constructed in wood-cement of different colors, this choice can be expensive but establish a remarkable distinction which does not leave indifferent and sets uniformity in the project.

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© Stéphane Chalmeau

The difficulty of this project was to build with an industrialized material on an existing house.

Each of the companies on this project must be put in the honor, beginning with the masonry contractor who worked precisely  to catch up the level of the natural ground floor of the existing house, even his work was so clean that we decided to keep visible one of the concrete fragments he realized.

House extension / Christophe Nogry - Sofa, Table, Shelving
© Stéphane Chalmeau

To connect both entities, we realized a plug in wood skeleton between the containers and the house, this space contributes to the architectural coherence we wished.

House extension / Christophe Nogry - Shelving, Chair, Beam
© Stéphane Chalmeau

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Cite: "House extension / Christophe Nogry" 30 Mar 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/54092/house-extension-christophe-nogry> ISSN 0719-8884

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House extension / Christophe Nogry

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