Precedent Studies - Student Housing, France

Student Housing
Epinay, France

Architects: Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec(ECDM)

•Residence for students of 150 housing for 170 residents, 19 housing for researchers or invited professors and housing for women in distresses.
•the project foresees guards accommodation, private study rooms, laundry, space out relaxation internal and outer, gardens were fitted out with fruit trees
•A redevelopment to revitalise the commercial/industrial area.
•Low rise building to maintain bulk and scale of its surrounding context.

This student housing project comprised of two room types. A one bedroom apartment and apartments for long term residence(students, researchers and teachers)

Like the previous precedent studies the floor plan follows a similar layout of; an en-suite, living/bedroom, kitchenette.

In the more long term apartment the living and bedroom are separated. This allows for a more private life and to creates a homely feeling of having a separate functions carried out in difference spaces.

Each apartment opens onto an outdoor area. This is used for growing fruit trees, socialising and just enjoying the outdoor space.

The bulk and scale of this project allowed me to analysis how the apartments and public areas relate to each other and the street. The obvious difference to my scheme is the size of the project.