Loft with private garden

In an exceptional bucolic setting, with no cars inside the compound, the apartment is accessible via the condominium gardens. With a floor area of 205 m² on two levels, it’s the ideal place for a family or mixed use, with no vis-à-vis.

The first floor features a large entrance-gallery with double-height ceilings (5 meters), a vast living space with two lounges, one of which is double-height, a dining area, a fully-equipped open kitchen, a large storeroom, a laundry room and a shower room.

This level opens onto a private 100 m² garden planted with trees.

The first floor is accessed by an industrial metal staircase. There’s a large office area, a suite with bath, two bedrooms, a dressing room and a bathroom.

The loft benefits from a double exposure and offers ample, bright volumes thanks to its large bay windows.

A parking space in the residence parking lot completes this property.

The residence also boasts a bicycle storage area and condominium gardens.

At the gateway to Paris, close to the banks of the Seine, this loft enjoys a peaceful, quiet setting.

With shops and schools in the immediate vicinity, it’s a 10-minute walk from the Ivry Grand Ciel shopping center and the metro (7) and RER C lines. It is also well served by Paris buses and Vélib’.

Driven by a desire to create low-cost living and working spaces for his artist friends, Pierre Bertheau created the Usines Bertheau concept in 1985. He came up with the idea of creating a société civile immobilière (SCI), in the spirit of a cooperative, so that groups of artists could join forces and pool their resources to acquire disused warehouses in co-ownership. He then surrounded himself with a team of architects, to transform these wastelands into high-quality studio residences, while respecting their original form and function. Since 1986, he has carried out eleven redevelopment projects, creating a total of over 300 studio apartments.

For this residence, architects Xavier Esselinck and Yves Bour of XY Architecture set out to de-densify the plots, create as many green spaces as possible and rethink circulation by creating passageways, terraces and outdoor patios. Inside, the workshops offer comfortable, light-filled spaces with generous volumes.

The loft movement emerged in the United States in the 1970s. Deindustrialization had left behind numerous disused factories, testimony to a bygone industrial era. With their large, freely convertible floors, ample volumes and immense glass roofs, these former production spaces offer ideal locations for creative work.

This trend arrived in France in the 1980s, developing on industrial wastelands around major conurbations.