Rue Franklin
Description Auguste Perret’s 25 rue Franklin is a mixed use apartment building situated in the 16th District of Paris facing both the Palais de Chaillot, and the Champs-de Mars across the Seine. The program consists of a service basement, commercial ground floor, seven apartment floors, and two floors of servant quarters. The construction is notable for its use of reinforced concrete structure, floor to ceiling glass windows, and stoneware tile infill.
ADDRESS 25 Bis Rue Franklin
Location
Analysis The building evokes powerful attitudes towards tradition, habitation, cities, and architecture. Parisian customs have been accommodated with the flexibility of the buildings free plan. Large openings allowing more natural lighting, exemplify the humanistic approach conveyed in the organic detailing of the exterior tiles. The historical location of the site also aids to the importance of the urban ideas the building attempts to convey. Perret’s rue Franklin initiated a post-Hausmannian way of thinking about the city, while retaining the human scale of Paris.
NAME
FUNCTION
LOCATION
AREA & HIGHT
Rue Franklin
Mixed use apartment building
Paris, France
52’ x 46’ x 110’
ARCHITECT
AUGUSTE PERRET PARIS, FRANCE 1904 REINFORCE CONCRETE
Site Plan
SCALE
0
400
Ground Floor Plan
Tipical Floor Plan
Servant Terrace Floor Plan
SCALE
0’
24’
48’
Elevation
SCALE
0’
25’
50’
100’
Section
SCALE
0’
25’
50’
100’
Urban Context
Program
Served/Servant
Outdoor Terrace
Structural Layout
Room Circulation
Outdoor Balcony
Additional Surface
Axis
Outdoor Mezzanine
Unit Axonometric
Facade Depth
Solid/Void
Geometry
Function Axonometric
Coor Circulation
Building Code Comparison
1884
Typical Haussmann Building Floor Plan
1902
25 bis Rue Franklin Floor Plan
Material Exploded Axonometric
Plaster
Solid Brick Wall
Cement Coating
Stoneware Tile
Precedent Study
Decorative Patterns of Chestnuts and Leaves