Filigrane

Designed by French studio D’Houndt + Bajart, The Filigrane is the renovation of a building in the Grand Place of Tourcoing as a bank and eight housing units.

The Filigrane is the renovation of a building in the Grand Place of Tourcoing as a bank and eight housing units. The bank occupies the ground floor and the first floor facade, with the eight dwellings on the second floor facade and at the back of the plot. The key challenge of the project is to provide a contemporary architectural response that takes into account the complex built environment accumulated over the course of history.

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D’Houndt + Bajart, Filigrane, Tourcoing, France, 2016

D’Houndt + Bajart, Filigrane, Tourcoing, France, 2016

D’Houndt + Bajart, Filigrane, Tourcoing, France, 2016

D’Houndt + Bajart, Filigrane, Tourcoing, France, 2016

D’Houndt + Bajart, Filigrane, perspective section

The facade is defined by a mixture of regularity and fantasy: rigour in rhythm, fantasy in pattern. The openings of the existing facade determined the modenature, where the full-void ratios were retained. Slightly set back, the window of the bank creates a cantilever effect that lightens the whole.

The original building has undergone many transformations over time. At the beginning of the project, the long plot involved an imbrication of disparate constructions, both in their constructive modes and in the heights and structures. The existing envelope was emptied as a shell and the internal partitioning was completely redesigned to optimize the surfaces and make them habitable.

Filigrane, Tourcoing, France
Program: mixed-use
Architect: D’Houndt + Bajart
Contractor: Rabot Dutilleul
Area: 1352 sqm
Completion: 2016

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Designed by French studio D’Houndt + Bajart, The Filigrane is the renovation of a building in the Grand Place of Tourcoing as a bank and eight housing units.

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