One of the unique things about the home is the living room, which Gerlier says was "organized into two spaces, divided by an openwork bookcase designed by the architect." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"On one side, we have a space for getting together, and on the other side of the library, a space for sharing a film with the family," he continues. The living room sofa is from Maison du Monde. Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"It was important to my clients that the furniture should be convivial and at the same time resistant to the use of a family with four children!" Gerlier explains. Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
Gerlier reports that the homeowners love the kitchen, "which was enclosed in a corner and far too small, was moved into a large room with a very generous volume to make it a place of great conviviality. You can gather around the person preparing the meals while enjoying the fire." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
Gerlier says that the biggest challenge as a design professional was that even though the house is spacious, it was very "compartmentalized. They wanted a place that would respect everyone's privacy while still being convivial." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"The challenge was to create a space that could be open and closed at the same time: in other words, to maintain a visual link with each of the rooms while at the same time being isolated from noise," he continues. Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"The glass wall was the perfect answer to this dual requirement, since the view can circulate freely even when the door is closed, just like the light that diffuses from one room to another, compensating for the loss of light from the pretty windows with their small colored panes." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"The heart of the house was occupied by an enclosed cloakroom, which took up a lot of space and was not used by guests," Gerlier describes. "We made this room the heart of the project by transforming it into a visual crossroads thanks to this large glass wall that visually links all the rooms." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"The choice of colors and materials is a team effort with my clients. I made them several (and very different) suggestions to find out what they liked," Gerlier describes of the homeowners' styles. Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"Then I suggested materials (oak for the living room and meranti for the kitchen). I also showed them fabrics for the bench," he continues. "My clients suggested colors that would go well together. They also chose themselves the furniture." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"It was also important to preserve all the old details that make this house so charming, while bringing a real modernity to its use," Gerlier writes. Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
"When I work in an old house, I try to highlight everything that gives the old house its charm (cement tiled floors, moldings, stained glass windows) and my work seeks to echo what already exists in a form of continuity that should not be a pastiche but a modern reinterpretation." Credit: Ercole SalinaroCredit: Ercole Salinaro
When Paul-Louis and Elina bought this three-story house built around 1850 for themselves and their four children, there was a lot of space, but it was very closed-off and feeling oddly cramped. So they hired Pierre-Louis Gerlier, who has a degree in architecture, a masters in town planning, and a vocational training certificate in carpentry, to take on the renovation of the ground floor.
“It was spacious but very compartmentalized. They wanted a place that would respect everyone’s privacy while still being convivial,” describes Gerlier, who owns Atelier Pierre-Louis Gerlier, and also managed the project.
“The challenge was to create a space that could be open and closed at the same time: In other words, to maintain a visual link with each of the rooms while at the same time being isolated from noise. The glass wall was the perfect answer to this dual requirement, as the view can circulate freely even when the door is closed, just like the light that diffuses from one room to another, compensating for the loss of light from the pretty windows with their small colored panes.”
The home, which the couple purchased three years ago, is located in a residential suburb close to the center of Paris, and Gerlier describes the neighborhood as being filled with houses from the early 20th century and a few buildings from the 1930s, and Paul-Louis and Elina’s house had an extension built around 1900. “Each project is an opportunity to work not only on its integration into the urban landscape, but also on attention to the smallest detail, with the complicity of the client,” Gerlier says of his approach to design.
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