Marika Guerrazzi

EXTERIOR & INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE FIRM in PARIS

RGE CERTIFIED ENERGY AUDITOR: Single-family homes, single-ownership buildings and co-ownerships

Completed Projects

A selection of my most significant projects

Rénovation Immeuble Mixte Paris

Mixed-use building renovation, Paris

Location Paris 14ème Floor area 400 m² Budget 900 k€ Use Offices + Housing

Facade restoration, roof renewal, asbestos and lead-paint removal, and full interior rehabilitation for offices and staff housing. Full mission from feasibility to site supervision.

Ravalement et réfection de toiture — Immeuble CGT, Paris 14ᵉ

Facade restoration & re-roofing — CGT SPTNRI building

Location Paris 14th Client CGT SPTNRI union Year 2024 Type Facades + roof

Second phase of the operation, dedicated to the exterior: facade restoration, complete re-roofing in mechanical tiles with zinc work, and waterproofing of the terrace with safety guardrails. Full assignment, from design to site supervision.

Boutique French Trotters

French Trotters boutique — Rue de Charonne

Location Paris 11th — Rue de Charonne Floor area 80 m² over 2 levels Budget 120 k€ HT Year May 2021

Complete refurbishment of the French Trotters boutique and custom design of the entire fit-out — okoumé and steam-treated beech. Project in a protected zone (ABF heritage approval).

Boutique French Trotters Paris 3ème — Flagship

French Trotters boutique — Paris 3rd Flagship

Location Paris 3rd Floor area 200 m² Year September 2012 Type Flagship store

Design of the French Trotters flagship store in a former art gallery. Timber (okoumé, solid beech, oak) as the main material, fully custom-designed fit-out.

Rénovation Paris 16ème

Paris 16th renovation

Location Paris 16ème Floor area 150 m² Budget 240 k€ Type Duplex apartment

Complete renovation of a duplex apartment with creation of modern spaces and optimisation of volumes. Compliance with building standards.

Surélévation Rue Ménilmontant

Rue Ménilmontant vertical extension

Location Paris 20ème Floor area 750 m² Budget 2 M€ Created 18 dwellings + 3 commercial spaces

Heavy renovation of 3 buildings with vertical extension, creating 18 dwellings and 3 commercial spaces. Compliance with safety, accessibility (PMR) and public-building (ERP) standards.

Surélévation Gometz-le-Châtel

Vertical extension in Gometz-le-Châtel

Location Gometz-le-Châtel (Essonne) Floor area 100 m² Budget 120 k€ HT Year September 2018

Vertical extension of a single-family house in timber-frame structure (prefabricated sandwich panels). Creation of a 100 m² storey without modifying the footprint, with simultaneous external insulation of the ground floor.

Extension d'une maison à Drancy

Extension of a house in Drancy

Location Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis) Floor area 217 m² after works Budget 150 k€ HT Year March 2022

Extension of a single-family house: an enlarged ground floor (+52 m²) for a new living room, and three new upstairs bedrooms. Mechanical-tile roof and externally insulated façades. Building-permit commission, compliant with the local urban plan.

Maison d'Éditions Intervalles à Paris

Intervalles Publishing House in Paris

Location Paris 9th arrondissement Floor area 80 m² Budget 80 k€ HT Year December 2015

Design and complete renovation of the Intervalles publishing house, with fully bespoke furniture. Public-access (ERP) compliance, PMR accessibility and fire safety. Full commission, from design to turnkey site supervision.

2 garages transformés en appartements — Paris 5ᵉ

2 garages converted into apartments — Paris 5th

Location Paris 5th — rue des Boulangers Floor area 140 m² Budget 160 k€ HT Year April 2017

Change of use converting two garages into apartments: building permit obtained and turnkey delivery. Full commission, from design to site supervision.

Extension rue de la Clef — Paris 5ᵉ

Extension rue de la Clef — Paris 5th

Location Paris 5th — rue de la Clef Floor area 120 m² Budget 100 k€ HT Year October 2017

Apartment extension through change of use of a garage: underfloor heating, workshop-style glass roof. Building permit and full turnkey commission.

Extension d'un pavillon — Montreuil (93)

House extension — Montreuil (93)

Location Montreuil — rue Honoré de Balzac Floor area 45 m² created over 2 levels Year 2021 Type Post-damage reconstruction

Two-storey extension of a suburban house after structural damage, on a narrow strip plot typical of eastern Paris. Design and building permit.

Maison neuve à Drancy

New house in Drancy

Location Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis) Floor area 55.60 m² floor area created Year March 2022 Type Built and delivered

New detached house over two levels plus attic, with a through-porch, on a narrow plot just 8.56 m wide on the street. Design and building permit.

Surélévation d'un pavillon à Houilles

Adding a storey to a house in Houilles

Location Houilles (Yvelines) Floor area +80 m² created — 182.60 m² after works Year 2021 Type Vertical extension

A full additional storey added to an existing house without changing its footprint: 80 m² of new floor area, external thermal insulation and a new mechanical-tile roof. Design and building permit.

Extension d'une maison à Châtenay-Malabry

Extension of a house in Châtenay-Malabry

Location Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine) Floor area +20.85 m² created — 229.95 m² after works Year 2021 Type Extension + facade renovation

Glazed living-room extension created by enclosing the existing raised terrace: slim thermally-broken steel frames, zinc roof, exotic-timber balcony and deck. Complete facade renovation with external thermal insulation under white render. Design and building permit.

Extension d'une maison à Clamart

House extension in Clamart

Location Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine) Floor area +90 m² created — 75 m² existing Commission Zoning feasibility + building permit Type Extension

A contemporary 90 m² extension at the rear of a brick house: a two-storey glazed gable with balcony, anthracite zinc roof and dormer, a through living area on the ground floor and all bedrooms gathered upstairs. Zoning feasibility study and building permit completed.

Extension d'une maison à Sivry-Courtry

Extension of a house in Sivry-Courtry

Location Sivry-Courtry (Seine-et-Marne) Floor area +39 m² created — 84.50 m² existing Commission Design + prior declaration Type Extension

A 39 m² extension continuing a single-storey house within its envelope: fully glazed gable under an anthracite-grey tile roof, glass link with the existing building and attic mezzanine. From the clients' sketch to the prior-declaration file.

Construction neuve à Morsang-sur-Orge

New build in Morsang-sur-Orge

Location Morsang-sur-Orge (Essonne) Floor area 218 m² + 111 m² basement Budget 200 k€ HT Year September 2011

Design and construction of a new detached house with full basement (cellars and garage). Full commission, from building permit to delivery.

Construction neuve à Saint-Tugdual (56)

New build in Saint-Tugdual (56)

Location Saint-Tugdual (Morbihan) Floor area 107 m² Year July 2021 Type Under construction

Design and building permit for a new 107 m² family house on a 650 m² plot, Résidence de la Fontaine.

Rénovation lourde rue Bara — Paris 6ᵉ

Major renovation rue Bara — Paris 6th

Location Paris 6th — rue Bara Floor area 90 m² Budget 250 k€ HT Year September 2013

Complete renovation of a large family apartment, focused on the kitchen and bathroom, respecting its historic character. Full commission: design, administrative procedures and site supervision.

Restaurant d'entreprise FS — Gênes

FS staff restaurant — Genoa

Location Genoa Brignole (Italy) Floor area 700 m² Budget 180 k€ HT Year April 2008

Complete renovation of the staff restaurant for Italian State Railways employees: dining room, self-service line, kitchens and facilities. Full turnkey commission for a public client.

Reconversion d'une friche industrielle — Gênes Rivarolo

Industrial site conversion — Genoa Rivarolo

Location Genoa Rivarolo (Italy) Floor area 700 m² — 4 900 m³ Budget 340 k€ HT Year October 2009

Conversion of an industrial brownfield into a 96-seat staff restaurant with a central kitchen serving schools, for R.F.I. — Trenitalia. Architect and general contractor, turnkey delivery, asbestos removal and code compliance.

Centre de thalassothérapie — Port de Gênes

Thalassotherapy Centre — Port of Genoa

Location Genoa (Italy) — Ligurian seafront Commission Ideas competition — personal project Type Wellness facility — thalassotherapy

A personal competition project for the port of Genoa: a thalassotherapy centre stretched along the seafront, a ribbon of white volumes with curved walls punctuated by indoor and outdoor pools, patios and a glazed hall under a timber brise-soleil.

Passerelle piétonne habitée — Biella

Inhabited Footbridge — Biella

Location Biella (Piedmont, Italy) Commission Ideas competition Type Pedestrian infrastructure & retail

A competition for a pedestrian overpass: an inhabited bridge above the road — perforated shell, amber glass boxes, a suspended internal street of shops with “books, music, shopping” supergraphics and escalator access towers.

Campus étudiant — Glyndŵr University, Wrexham

Student Campus — Glyndŵr University, Wrexham

Location Wrexham (Wales, UK) Commission Competition — architectural and urban design Type University campus — student housing

A competition for the creation of a student campus: residences around open courtyards with coloured facades, a glazed hub under a timber canopy and a new square treated as a topography of lawns — a meeting quarter at the heart of the existing campus.

Requalification paysagère et centre nautique — Gênes Vesima

Landscape requalification & nautical centre — Genoa Vesima

Location Vesima, Genoa (Italy) Floor area 1 700 m² Commission Full + General contractor Year 2010 – 2011

Landscape requalification of a degraded coastal strip and construction of a fully demountable nautical centre in azobé and marine okoumé: 130 cabins, communal spaces, restaurant, nautical equipment storage and boat beaching, for R.F.I. — Trenitalia.

External collaborations

Projects carried out as a collaborating architect within other firms (Househam Henderson / HYPHEN, FSDC & Associés)

Exhibition design

Design and direction of exhibition installations, in France and Italy

Primark project photos: © Primark Ltd. All rights reserved.

Acknowledgements

Collaborators of the practice over the years