Bang architectes has been working on a house in Paris where a couple with two children lives. Their mission were to add levels to a house and also renovate it.

The house is located at rue de la Mare, in a very narrow 20th district of Paris and was only 60 square meters and two floors to begin with. After the work has been done it is more than double as big, 170 square meters.

Beyond the obvious need to increase the family's living space, there was also a true a desire to gain light and visual clearance. The search for light was what guided the design of the project until the genesis of an �heliotropist" architecture. It was therefore necessary to gain height over the old construction up to the maximum volume of capacity, limits of urban regulations, and budget. Naturally, the center of gravity of the new dwelling, that is to say the living rooms, finds its place on the top floor.

On the newly created floors, on all open sides, the skeleton of the wood frame wall will be exhibited. And the house is organized around a central space occupied by the staircase beneath a canopy angle (regulation impact of a prospect of a neighboring building). A small south-facing terrace on the 3rd floor benefits directly from the sun and the view over the colorful roofs of the neighborhood.

In the new part of the house, partitioning is voluntarily minimized. The facades are left free to all partitions or doors; we flow along to enter the bathroom or walking closet.

Source: interiornews.com.