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Reunited and transformed over the years, this former group of service rooms has become a 70-square-meter family apartment. Benjamin, the architect and owner, led the project, which involved reclaiming the attic space, optimizing volumes and reworking the structure.
Benjamin Godiniaux already knew the premises: he had owned this apartment for several years and had gradually enlarged it, as acquisition opportunities arose and his family life evolved. Originally, the apartment consisted of several former service rooms. Although some of them had already been reunited, “this was done empirically, without any real overall restructuring,” he confides. As a result, the starting point remained highly fragmented: four small, partitioned rooms, unsuitable for family use.
The project consisted of completely rethinking this heritage to create a coherent space capable of accommodating two adults and two children. Reclaiming the attic space played a central role in this transformation, as did the creation of mezzanines to make full use of the available volume.
This project directly echoes the work carried out by Benjamin’s architectural studio, which is familiar with raising ceilings, converting attics and optimizing small surface areas. Because it was his own apartment, he “approached this renovation as a field for experimenting with solutions and materials, particularly in the design of the entrance area.” In fact, the project required a major structural intervention, with the relocation of a beam and the reworking of the roof structure, in order to achieve the desired distribution. This approach successfully balanced structural requirements with user-friendly design.
