Contemporary apartment

From the entrance, you access a spacious living area oriented northwest, featuring a living room with a library, a dining area, and a fully equipped kitchen.

This living space opens onto a 12 m² balcony with no overlooking neighbors, offering a clear and panoramic view.

The apartment also includes a bedroom with balcony access, a shower room, a dressing room, and built-in closets.

The property is completed with a basement cellar and a parking space.

Located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, Île de Flandre benefits from a dynamic, multicultural environment that is currently undergoing transformation.

The apartment has all the necessary amenities (shops, schools) and is served by Metro Line 7 and several bus lines. It also benefits from its proximity to Centquatre, the Bassin de la Villette, and the Parc de la Villette.

This apartment was completely reimagined by ALORS Studio in 2021, a Parisian architecture and design firm founded in 2019 by Camille Marchal and Baptiste Fleury. Drawing on their experiences in international firms (such as Bruther, Foster+Partners, and Dominique Perrault), the architects envisioned this apartment as a bright, modular, and adaptable living space, inspired by the great names of modern architecture.

Every detail was designed to combine functionality and aesthetics: a discreet alcove in the entrance, ceramic cabinet handles designed by the architects, a large wooden door in the kitchen, and a custom headboard. The abundant natural light enhances these volumes, where contemporary minimalism meets characterful materials, such as raw concrete walls and oak parquet flooring.

Built between 1973 and 1978 by Michel Holley, Île de Flandre is a medium-density tower complex located in the Flandre district of Paris, recognizable by its monumental 1960s–1980s architecture.

This complex stands apart from the Orgues de Flandre, the contemporary work of Martin Van Treck, which dominates the surrounding landscape with its 120-meter height. Its design is more in line with the Artois Flandre residence, designed in 1960 by the quartet of architects Anger, Heymann, Puccinelli, and Véder.

Holley intended for Île de Flandre to stand out from its surroundings. To achieve this, he chose to build medium-height towers (7 to 13 floors), freeing up space and creating gardens at the heart of the complex. The façade work and building geometry are based on the Greek meander, an ornamental motif composed of straight lines connected at right angles, used in ancient Greece. The architect reinterpreted this motif to connect the projecting balconies and façades, giving the complex character and movement.

Michel Holley (1924-2022) was a French architect who entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1945. He played a significant role during the post-war Reconstruction period in France, particularly in the history of residential towers in Paris.

An admirer of Le Corbusier, he believed that cities should be rebuilt with buildings offering all the necessary functionalities for residents. From this holistic vision emerged the concept of “vertical urbanism.”

In 1957, under the direction of Raymond Lopez, he participated in a study on urban renovations to be carried out in the capital; this study became the foundation for major urban projects of the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration continued with the Front de Seine project in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Through this project, Michel Holley applied the principles of “vertical zoning” and tower-on-slab construction, inspired by the Athens Charter of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM, 1933), under the guidance of Le Corbusier.

Among his other notable works are the Olympiades, the Miollis Street residence, the headquarters of the DCNS Group, the Antoine et Cléopâtre Tower, the Chambord Tower, and the Bobigny Town Hall.