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Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring Houses

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 01:50 AM PDT

Maison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 1 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring Houses

Located in Montmorency, France, and bearing the name of its location, this villa extension adorns a home built in 1910 and updated to suit a modern lifestyle.This Montmorency Residence was re-designed by Francesca De Marchi of Paris-based NIM Architecture to include a contemporary addition that provided the family living here with a merger of old and new on their new property. Deciding to buy their first home, the young couple and their three children ended up enjoying a renovated house, as well as a contemporary addition gathered on a 1,000 square meter property. With a southeast orientation and placed on a slightly sloped land, the residence spotted on Muuuz lacked comfortable light-flooded social spaces, so this white volumetric attachment was designed to shelter the kitchen, dining room and lounge. Built within the limits marked by urban regulations, this extension showcases a green roof underneath which extensive use of glazing allows sunlight to penetrate deep into the interiors. Privacy was obtained by focusing transparency away from neighboring houses and creating a family-friendly environment complete with terrace and a green lawn.

Maison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 2 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 3 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 4 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 5 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 6 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 7 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 8 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 9 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 10 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 11 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 12 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring HousesMaison à Montmorency by NIM Architecture 13 Volumetric Extension Focusing Transparency Away From Neighboring Houses

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