Antonini Darmon architects · Mixed-use Complex : Social Housing and Commercial Space

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Rising from a base that comprises 500 m2 of commercial space and six two-storey houses is a tower that holds an additional 24 apartments. The tower has a gridded façade framed by steel beams. The architects paid close attention to outdoor areas, such as gardens ‘in the plinth’ that serve as a buffer between private and public zones, and patios designed to protect occupants from the elements. Outdoor spaces in the tower actually wrap the gridded façade, some sections of which are filled with solid panels, while others are open or screened with perforated-aluminium shutters.