Labeled the 20th century heritage, the Canebière building made in 1952 combines classic aesthetic and modernity. Ideally nestled in the heart of Marseille, the Building of La Canebière offers singular feet, a few stations from the Old Port, in the 1st arrondissement. Articulated around a circular nucleus, the building houses an elevator and disproportionate steps to access the spacious apartments. Lit by parts of glass brick walls, the building is renovated in 2018 to give it its splendor of overhaul.
An interior bathed in light thanks to its many windows
Caded by natural wooden partitions, the apartment of 52.36 square meters opens onto a living room flooded with natural light which pierces the large bay windows. Freshly refurbished by a Parisian design cabinet to optimize space, the charming haven of peace ” is structured around a central natural wooden frame, designed as a unitary furniture that is both functional and sculptural “, Specifies the real estate agency. Thought as partitions to define the interior spaces and segment each room, the visible woodwork overlaps with the intimate and warm place. Like New York lofts, the open apartment promises traditional spatiality, partially delimited without being fragmented. The wandering is made fluid through this small space marked by the 1950s.
The apartment in the Canebière building made by Fernand Pouillon in Marseille, is for sale for € 247,500 by the agency Collection architecture.
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Who was Fernand Pouillon?
Fernand Pouillon is an architect, urban planner, Frenchman and French entrepreneur born in Cancon (Lot-et-Garonne) on May 14, 1912 and died in Belcastel (Aveyron) on July 24, 1986. He began his architecture studies at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille at the age of 17, then continued in Paris. He obtained his architect diploma in 1942, although he began to work in this field in the 1930s. Fernand Pouillon became known in the 1940s and 1950s, first in Marseille where he produced several sets of housing to respond to the post-war housing crisis. It is also particularly famous for its constructions of aesthetic, sustainable and affordable social housing. In Boulogne-Billancourt, Fernand Pouillon imagines the vast set of dwellings Le Point-du-Jour-he wanted to make his manifest for a better life. “The more modest the accommodation, the more monumental the architecture”he declared. Thus emerged from the ground the 25 buildings of this program, which he considered as closest to his ideal: “There will be magical gardens for the pedestrian while the cars will combine comfortably at the foot of the buildings. »» As well as a 15 -storey tower, a basin with a sculpture, a facade covered with gold leaf (now restored in golden aluminum), stone always, and glass to reflect the sky.