SSAT+ is a dynamic and youthful team focused on energizing communities around its projects, adapting to market challenges and client demands in the current context. With an innovative approach and a passion for design, our architecture firm aims to create spaces that inspire and enhance the lives of their users. We focus on customized solutions that seamlessly integrate aesthetics, functionality, and cutting-edge technology. Our projects range from the restoration of historic buildings to the development of modern, energy-efficient structures. Each project is handled with deep respect for its urban and cultural context, ensuring that our interventions add value to local communities.
Project description in English
In the vicinity of the former Carriage Factory, within a protected area, the office building with bistro space at 23 Romulus Street was developed through the expansion and conversion of the interwar Mazil residence. The project aimed to integrate a public destination building in a non-intrusive manner, considering both the urban context and the existing structure.
The lot’s limited street frontage led to the design being set back, creating a visual relationship that invites gradual discovery from Romulus Street. The Mazil house has a history of three construction phases, beginning with a single-story residence possibly authorized by Jean Berthet in 1885, and modified twice during the interwar period.
A new volume, articulated from the old residence, was added on the southern footprint, incorporating circulation nodes and terraces above the main entrance. The design balances the new construction’s frontal planes with the old residence, with the staircase emerging as a key feature, its frosted glass creating a “lighthouse” effect.
The southern sections are angled to conserve a tree and enhance functionality, guiding visitors from steps and multifunctional spaces to the bistro terrace in the basement. The design employs vertical differentiation of functional areas and offsets between them, using openings to enhance visual connections between rooms and the exterior.
Large windows on the main façade reflect the principle of openness, focusing views towards the tree. The brick cladding, with perforations in front of movable panels, softens the new structure’s presence while supporting filtered views. The use of visible brick and exposed concrete aligns with the materiality of the original structure, maintaining visible rafters in the attic as a reference to the original roof.
