acte deux turns the Paris apartment into a swimming street

acte deux turns a Paris apartment into a ‘swimming lane’

On the sixth floor of an apartment building in Paris’ 10th districtThe Second Act was redesigned to 73 square meters apartment as a playful interior landscape shaped by references to swimming pools, entitled Couloir de Nage. THE renovation The project merges a terrace overlooking the street with a secondary living room and introduces a wide bay window that opens to two-thirds of its width, extending the view and extending the living room outwards.

Throughout the apartment, the designers introduce visual cues borrowed from aquatic environments. Mosaic surfaces appear in the kitchen, circulation areas and bathroom, where linear patterns reminiscent of swimming pool lanes are found. These graphic elements guide movement through the apartment, like the marked lanes that organize swimmers in the water. The palette reinforces the reference, with azure-blue cabinetry and finishes that echo tones typically associated with pool basins and coastal architecture.

all images from Jean-Baptiste Thiriet

Couloir de Nage: domestic scenography with nautical elements

THE Studio based in Parisfounded by Johanna Lapray and Hugo L’Ahélec, reconstructs the compact dwelling through a series of spatial and visual interventions. The renovation begins with remodeling the existing layout of the apartment. By combining the terrace with the adjacent living space, Acte Deux unifies the fragmented rooms into a more continuous environment. The redesigned bay window allows the facade to open wide and bring daylight deep into the interior, simultaneously improving circulation and establishing the project’s conceptual framework.

Additional details enhance the thematic atmosphere of the Couloir de Nage. Nautical fittings and pool-like fixtures appear alongside more conventional domestic elements. A bean-shaped sink, reminiscent of the soft geometries of California swimming pools, becomes a focal point in the bathroom. The apartment gathers fragments of water iconography, translating them into an inner language.

the kitchen island sits between wooden flooring and mosaic tiles