Bruther This project, located along the boundary of the ring road, had to secure light and views even in the semi-underground levels while incorporating several protective devices such as acoustic performance facades. On a plot of just over 1,000 m², it accommodates a program of 4,629 m², demanding strong volumetric compactness.
The residence is perceived as a “split and raised” cube. The building rises to a height of 24.95m, comprising 106 apartments (1-bed to 3-beds), distributed across seven levels. The floor plan is organized into three parallel strips running north-south. On the top, the eighth floor, a large collective terrace with transparent railings and a fitness room overlooking the city. The apartments are laid out on a tight structural grid (6.30×6.65m), where service rooms are compacted in order to open living spaces broadly to the east and west.
This residence re-emerges as a high-density living machine, revealing paths and transparency between exterior and interior, park and building, domestic privacy and the kinetic spectacle of the ring road. Thanks to structural efficiency, the absence of facing buildings, and the singularity of the context, the facade takes the form of a majestic curtain wall, though far from a homogeneous glass surface. By day, its glass facade lends grandeur; by night, the lights of the apartments transform the building into a lantern. Both day and night, it stands as a new contemporary signal for the Cite Universitaire in Paris.

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