Chomel

Located on Rue Chomel in Paris's 7th arrondissement, the project converts a second-floor apartment in a late 19th-century building into a medical practice. The almost identical building next door dates from 1880. The building lies within the 7th arrondissement's protected heritage area: although not individually listed as a historic monument, it is subject to the protection that comes with this perimeter.

The apartment was in a worn but usable condition. The service rooms, toilets, bathroom, shower room and kitchen, no longer matched the standard of the building and called for an upgrade. The project adapts the whole to a new use, that of a public-access establishment, while preserving the qualities of the existing fabric.

A corridor created within the depth of the plan serves the new consulting rooms. All doors have acoustic performance, to ensure the confidentiality of consultations. In the two consulting rooms of the partner doctors, bespoke bookcases respond to their uses and needs.

The original timber windows, in poor condition and single-glazed, were replaced with double-glazed timber windows that follow the original design. The old hinges were kept wherever possible. The existing parquet floor was renovated.

The project favours durable, craft-based materials. It reconciles functional requirements, the regulations for public-access buildings and respect for the heritage context. Exemptions were granted, notably for the period lift, which cannot accommodate a wheelchair user.

The works took five months and were carried out by Penar Rénovation.