BOMPARD
The Bompard project transforms a former community building in Marseille, successively used as a school and later as a cultural and community space, into a dwelling. The intervention does not seek to restore a previous state, but rather to initiate a shift: transforming an institutional structure into a dense and inhabited domestic space, while preserving traces of its history.
The rehabilitation includes structural reinforcement of the floors and a reconfiguration of circulation around an enlarged central void. This space accommodates a new staircase with a soft and continuous geometry, conceived as a structuring element of the project, extended by a handcrafted metal balustrade.
The interior space is constructed through material stratification rather than formal effects. The existing stone walls are internally insulated with a hemp–earth layer and finished with clay plaster, forming a system that ensures both thermal insulation and hygrometric regulation. Terracotta floor tiles, integrated joinery, and built-in masonry elements contribute to a continuous material language.
The project develops a series of custom-built elements—washbasins, countertops, sanitary blocks, and an outdoor kitchen—extending this logic at the domestic scale. The resulting architecture embeds use within the thickness of constructed elements, where contemporary comfort relies on the presence of materials rather than on added technical systems.
The transformation extends to the exterior spaces with the construction of a swimming pool, integrated into the continuity of the project.
The project thus proposes a conversion where construction, materiality, and use are closely interrelated, within a restrained and site-specific approach.
