The tubular light is from Sammode Studio of Paris, which produces all of its designs in France. Above: The kitchen has a plywood and Formica counter with exposed wood edging and a washable canvas skirt. Above: To lend the design softness and cohesion, the architects applied curved lines that echo the porthole. The exposed rafters are original and along with the porthole are what sold Olivier on his place. Above: The public half of the apartment is U-shaped with an open living room on one side, a compact kitchen on the other, and a dining table in the middle. Studio Classico’s solution was to introduce a sliding bookcase that glides open to provide a “secret passageway” into the private suite. Photography courtesy of Studio Classico ( Living Area Above: The porthole divides the apartment’s living area and the bedroom and bath. Scroll to the end for a glimpse of the historic structure and what the apartment looked like before. Join us for a look at the results, with nods throughout to Olivier’s wide-ranging design references. Other existing details blocked the natural light and “lacked common sense.” Architects Suleïma Ben Achour and Antoine Lallement of Studio Classico were hired to not only remedy the layout, but to find a place for Olivier’s books-”17 linear meters of them,” notes Suleïma-while lending the space an orderly, modern feel. Long ago converted to living quarters, the apartment was last occupied by someone in the theater business who introduced its most prominent feature: a nearly six-foot wide porthole passageway. Wanting to live in a Paris suburb that hadn’t been “conquered by gentrifying strollers,” Olivier said friends beckoned him to Saint-Denis and that his flat was the first he looked at. Olivier, the incognito journalist-owner of this Paris apartment, describes his newly overhauled digs as “an unexpected synthesis of Oscar Niemeyer’s French Communist Party headquarters and my late grandparents’ house.” The 70-square meter (approximately 753-square-foot) space is situated on the top floor of a 19th-century two-story structure that had been a milking parlor. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Email Used to indicate an emai action. Icon - Search Used to indicate a search action. Icon - Zoom In Used to indicate a zoom in action on a map. Icon - Zoom Out Used to indicate a zoom out action on a map. Icon - Location Pin Used to showcase a location on a map. Icon - Dropdown Arrow Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Close Used to indicate a close action. Icon - Down Chevron Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Message The icon we use to represent an email action. Icon - External Link An icon we use to indicate a button link is external. Icon - Arrow Right An icon we use to indicate a leftwards action. A Porthole Passage and a Moving Bookcase: An Apartment Remodel for a Writer in Paris - Remodelista Icon - Arrow Left An icon we use to indicate a rightwards action.
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