Inside designer Isabelle Heilmann used glazing and stage modifications to remodel a former textile workshop in Paris into an open-plan residence with a devoted workplace.
The homeowners of the property on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud requested Heilmann's studio Epicène to streamline the inside and create an area for working from house, whereas sustaining the quirky look of the residence.
The present attic featured a number of impractical and dilapidated areas, together with a cramped bed room and three low-ceilinged mezzanines that have been as soon as used to retailer rolls of cloth.
Heilmann eliminated a few of the present buildings and launched modifications in flooring top to delineate the brand new areas, whereas including inside home windows that keep a visible connection between the rooms.
“Utilizing stage variations and glass partitions lets you delineate the totally different dwelling areas whereas permitting gentle to circulate in,” the designer advised Dezeen.
“Now, from the second you stroll in, you may have a worldwide view of the quantity of the residence,” she added. “It's a option to have a really open flooring plan with out the drawbacks of the loft.”
The partitions surrounding the present bed room have been eliminated and a platform constructed of their place now comprises a house workplace housing two workstations and a wall of bookcases.
Two of the mezzanines have been additionally demolished, leaving just one close to the doorway, which was transformed right into a video games room and in a single day visitor lodging.
All through the inside, Heilmann sought to protect the spirit of the previous workshop that attracted the homeowners to this area. The raised platform recollects the peak modifications of the previous mezzanines, whereas the geometric sculptural parts evoke the unique look.
“The partitions and interlacing types of the previous workshop have been simplified, however we discover this sport of asymmetrical cubes within the type of the headboard or the glass partitions between the bed room and the lounge,” she defined.
“The economic spirit can also be steered within the alternative of lighting or within the sobriety of the tiles within the rest room.”
Examples of the recurring geometric motif embrace a sequence of cubic volumes containing cabinets and storage niches on both facet of the steps resulting in the platform.
An asymmetrical window creates a daring function that connects the lounge with the brand new bed room, the place a stepped headboard creates shelf area for books, work and objects.
The kitchen is positioned reverse the workplace platform and has a easy L-shaped format that matches beneath the mezzanine and home windows.
The cabinet items have birch plywood doorways and a marbled Corian worktop, which enhance the minimalist, industrial look of the inside.
A full-height glass and metal wall, which was a part of the unique workshop, has been fastidiously preserved and now separates the lounge on one facet from the kitchen and the eating space on the opposite.
A door within the central glass wall results in the dwelling space, the place a swing suspended from the ceiling makes the a lot of the room's top.
The homeowners needed a clean canvas to showcase their classic assortment, so the partitions and flooring all through the residence are painted white to offer a muted and minimal backdrop.
The scheme additionally goals to create a playful, relaxed and artistic environment that evokes 1960s modernism, with traditional items similar to Achille Castiglioni's Snoopy lamp and an Enzo Mari print offering pops of color.
Within the bed room, a yellow-painted door and a inexperienced bedspread draw consideration, whereas a brilliant inexperienced door within the eating space hides a WC with a sink set on pink cement tiles.
The bed room has a big dressing space with birch plywood wardrobes, which is in an area beforehand occupied by a rest room.
The grasp rest room affords a playful tackle the geometric theme used elsewhere within the residence, with a geometrical sink clad in rounded tiles from French agency Pop Corn.
Isabelle Heilmann studied at École Boulle in Paris earlier than founding her company Epicène in 2018. The studio designs public and residential areas that mix a minimalist sensibility with a love of shade and assertion items with character.
Different Parisian interiors lately featured on Dezeen embrace an residence with a wine-red kitchen and one other that was designed to resemble a 'chromatic jewel field'.
The picture is made by the BCDF studio.