16 Arrondissement PARIS
2016
A CONTEMPORARY BUILDING WITH PANORAMIC VIEW ONTO AVENUE FOCH, PARIS.
THE TRUMPET SHAPED APARTMENT HAD ALL OF ITS INTERIOR WALLS REMOVED SO ONLY TWO SUPPORTING COLUMNS (BLUE SQUARES IN ABOVE DRAWING) REMAINED IN THE CENTRE.
WE BUILT A CIRCULAR BAR AND KITCHEN AROUND THESE COLUMNS, FACING ONTO A LOUNGE AND DINING SPACE.
A CIRCULAR CORRIDOR CURVES ALL THE WAY AROUND BEHIND THE BAR, LEADING TO BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS.
THE MARBLE WORKTOPS AND SINKS WERE CUT NEAR PARIS WITH WATER JET MACHINERY, FOR CURVES AND PRECISION.
CURVED WOOD MOULDINGS AND DOOR PANELS WERE STEAMED FOR WEEKS AND GRADUALLY BENT INTO SHAPE, IN A WORKSHOP IN IRELAND.
COLOUR WAS ADDED WITH BESPOKE BRASSWORK, MADE IN PORTUGAL, AND SOME STARK PAINT COLOURS AND GOLD LEAFING BY IRISH MASTER PAINTERS.
