- Urban design
In continuation with our research to valorize Paris’s non-potable water, this installation is connected to the water network and allows to clean the communal areas of «Paris habitat» buildings. The social landlord was interested in reducing water consumption because it had an impact on the tenant’s rental charges.
We chose the «29 rue Armand Carrel» as a place of experimentation because it offered a wide range of uses that could be tested on non-potable water. This place consists of 3 buildings (150 apartments with green spaces, 9 lobbies, 9 staircases, and 18 trash areas).
We started this project with a usability study. We organized meetings with janitors, guardians, and gardeners to better understand their use of water. This study guided the design of our installation that integrates a 164’ cord reel responding to the overall uses of the site and is accessible with a key. (Held by the principal users: Guardians and/or janitors).
Covered with a mosaïc, the fountain tells the origin of this water from the Ourcq canal.
2021
Photo credits: Pierre L'excellent
Team design :
Studio Idaë in collaboration with engineering office OGI
Client: Paris Habitat.
Home office: 17 rue Dombasle 75015 Paris
Workshop: 111bis rue Molière 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
contact@studioidae.com
A multidisciplinary creative agency founded by Isabelle Daëron in 2018, Studio Idaë arose from a reflection on the use of natural flows — water, air, light — in public space.
The Studio has, ever since, developed an approach based on research and education, focusing on the urban, environmental and societal challenges of the ecological transition.
Driven by a poetical & committed team of designers, Studio Idaë applies its refined, assertive graphic signature to projects of various scales. From urban devices to mediation objects and supports, or scenography, the agency’s protean contributions always strive at others — their needs, their desires, and their evolution.
The agency operates within a network of local companies and collaborates with dedicated craftspeople to adapt to the specific characteristics of each territory. Together, they work towards the most appropriate and relevant response — between narration and mediation.
Pauline Avrillon, product designer graduated from École Boulle joined the studio in 2017, and works on urban design projects. Angèle Fourteau, product designer graduated from ECAL works on set design projects since 2022. Eléna Hervé Caro joined the team in 2023 as office manager.
Graphic design : Audrey Templier
Web development : Francis Josserand