Paris, France
2014
Laënnec Rive Gauche
Situated on the site of one of Paris’s great historic hospitals, founded in the 17th century, the Laënnec project involved the preservation of elements of the former hospital in the centre of Paris’s 7th arrondissement
Client
Program
Area
PLanning
Client
Cogedim
Program
Conversion of a former hospital into a mixed-use complex: offices for the KERING company, housing, retail, senior residence and day nursery.
In association with Benjamin Mouton, Architect of Historical Monuments (A.C.M.H)
Area
35 000 m²
PLanning
Delivery
2014
The ensemble comprises dwellings, a day nursery and a retirement home, all aligned on a rectangular plan oriented along the axes of the former hospital, thus forming an appropriate backdrop for the historic buildings.
This layout creates a huge, well-aligned place, at the centre of which sits the historic hospital. The architecture of the façades and new buildings was designed according to a simple, regular layout, heightening the feeling of an architecture made for framing and showcasing. A huge garden rolls out across the site of the hospital’s former vegetable garden, closely resembling and thus harmonising with the neighbouring gardens.
The differentiated architecture of the street-side façades creates continuity with the façades of the adjacent buildings and is aligned with the dimensional characteristics of the constructions, which were realised parcel by parcel within the traditional building. The façade of each building is thus a composition of base, main body and upper part, the unity of the whole being ensured by the use of a thick stone facing for all the façades. The buildings thus combine contemporary architecture with integration into historic Paris.
This layout creates a huge, well-aligned place, at the centre of which sits the historic hospital. The architecture of the façades and new buildings was designed according to a simple, regular layout, heightening the feeling of an architecture made for framing and showcasing. A huge garden rolls out across the site of the hospital’s former vegetable garden, closely resembling and thus harmonising with the neighbouring gardens.
The differentiated architecture of the street-side façades creates continuity with the façades of the adjacent buildings and is aligned with the dimensional characteristics of the constructions, which were realised parcel by parcel within the traditional building. The façade of each building is thus a composition of base, main body and upper part, the unity of the whole being ensured by the use of a thick stone facing for all the façades. The buildings thus combine contemporary architecture with integration into historic Paris.
