Vaugirard Paris 15

Vaugirard Paris 15 is a minimalist apartment located in Paris, France, designed by PAREIL. This early twentieth-century building renovation in the 15th arrondissement demonstrates how narrow dark inefficient layouts can achieve spatial optimization through central core redesign and translucent partition strategies. The project addresses cross-ventilation restoration and natural light penetration to apartment centers while creating fluid transversal spatial perception supporting the owners’ art collection display.

The central core receives complete redesign organizing circulation and service areas more efficiently. Semi-translucent partitions including kitchen glass partition and glass blocks allow light filtration through formerly dark spaces, demonstrating how transparent and translucent materials can maintain functional separation while enabling illumination distribution. This strategy addresses typical Parisian apartment challenges where deep floor plates and limited window openings create dark interior zones.

Living-dining area and bedroom proportions remain unchanged while master suite creation extends existing bedroom configuration alongside laundry room and ample storage space addition. This programmatic reorganization maintains original room scales that likely correspond to historic window placements and ceiling heights while accommodating contemporary family needs through service space consolidation and improved spatial relationships.

The design responds to practical requirements for family of four while addressing contemplation desires reflecting inhabitants’ contemporary art passion. This dual programmatic consideration treats the apartment as both functional dwelling and display environment where art collection presentation requires neutral backgrounds and controlled lighting conditions that might conflict with everyday living requirements.

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