A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, site location. Courtesy Dominique Coulon
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, site plan. Courtesy Dominique Coulon
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, first floor plan. Courtesy Dominique Coulon & Associés
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, west elevation. Courtesy Dominique Coulon & Associés
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, north elevation. Courtesy Dominique Coulon & Associés
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, east elevation. Courtesy Dominique Coulon & Associés
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, south elevation. Courtesy Dominique Coulon & Associés
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
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Alsace. A craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
A housing for elderly people made of red craft bricks by Dominique Coulon & Associés overlooks the Rhine river in Huningue, France. The concept prioritizes the creation of light-filled common spaces that overlook the river while encouraging mobility and social interactions.
Technical drawing, standard accomodation. Courtesy Dominique Coulon
The housing on the Rhine river is developed in three levels, a basement and two floors. The volume of the structure is conceived to be permeable, as the ground floor is designed to be crossed without obstacles, and porous, as it features a patio and a terrace overlooking the Rhine. The almost 4,000 sqm surface is divided in 25 homes of 50 sqm each, several common areas, a restaurant, a computer room, a workshop, and amenities such as a vegetable garden and a petanque field.
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
Alsace. The interiors of a craft brick elderly housing along the Rhine
The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Photo Eugeni Pons
At the centre of the building, a stair produces a centripetal movement of the inhabitants and the visitors, fostering mobility and therefore social relations. The external envelope, made of craft bricks arranged following different patterns, presents imperfections and variations in colour, connecting the building to its port setting and to the city’s history. The materials chosen for both the interiors and the exteriors – red concrete, terracotta and wood – enrich the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the building.
Project:
elderly housing
Location:
Huningue, Alsace, France
Program:
residential
Architect:
Dominique Coulon & associés
Team:
Dominique Coulon, Olivier Nicollas, Gautier Duthoit, Javier Gigosos-Ruipérez, Diego Bastos-Romero, Gautier Duthoit, Olivier Poula
Structures:
Batiserf Ingénierie
MEP - Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering:
Artelia