13 Hoche

FRANKLIN AZZI IS RENOVATING A PRIVATE MANSION AND ITS STABLES AT 13 AVENUE HOCHE. BUILT IN 1863 BY THE ARCHITECT CAILLETTE, THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF A MAIN BUILDING IN QUARRY STONE OVERLOOKING THE AVENUE AND A SECONDARY STABLE BUILDING AT THE BACK OF THE PLOT.

THE MANSION HAS SEVERAL NOTABLE FEATURES, INCLUDING THE ROOF DATING FROM THE 1924 ELEVATION CAMPAIGN, THE ORIGINAL HISTORICIST NEO-LOUIS XII STYLE FACADE AND THE MONUMENTAL FRENCH-STYLE QUARTER-TURNING STONE STAIRCASE.

THE AGENCY PROPOSES TO REACTIVATE THE BASEMENT BY CREATING HALLS, MEETING ROOMS AND OFFICE SPACES, WHILE RESTORING THE MINERAL COURTYARD'S ROLE AS A LINK BETWEEN THE PRIVATE MANSION AND THE FORMER STABLES. THIS TRANSFORMATION IS BASED ON THREE MAJOR ACTIONS: THE PEDESTRIANISATION AND GREENING OF THE FORMER CAR PARK, THE RESTORATION OF THE CANOPY AS A CENTRAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, AND IMPROVED CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR THROUGH A MORE OPEN FACADE THAT INTEGRATES DIFFERENT USES. ON THE REGULAR FLOORS, THE THREE-PART LAYOUT PROMOTES NATURAL LIGHT, TRANSPARENCY AND CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEWS, WHILE INTEGRATING CORE AREAS THAT BRING TOGETHER SUPPORT FUNCTIONS AND MEETING SPACES.

ON THE FIFTH FLOOR, THE EXTENSION ADOPTS A MINIMALIST STYLE: DISCREET ON THE AVENUE SIDE, IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING ROOF, AND RESOLUTELY CONTEMPORARY ON THE COURTYARD SIDE THANKS TO A GLASS FACADE. THE COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS REFLECTS THE DESIRE TO REINTERPRET PARISIAN ARCHITECTURE IN A MODERN LANGUAGE.