< img src=" https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/saba-ghorbanalinejad-oberkampf-renovation-mary-gaudin-16.jpg" alt="" > Paris-based Iranian architect Saba Ghorbanalinejad has a method with difficult strategies. Her work centers on transforming misconfigured areas into functional interiors with the innovative quality of twentieth-century Modernism. Case in point: the complete remodelling of a 65-square-meter apartment in a 1970s structure in Paris’s 11th arrondissement. The original layout, common of the period, strictly apart day and night locations. Ghorbanalinejad reconfigured the space as 2 openings sculpted around a central core: “a nucleus which organizes circulation and permits light to flow freely from one façade to the other.”
Finished in November of 2025 after a tidy nine-month restoration, the house was developed for a young couple– a book publisher and an engineer– and their infant. With a refined eye for architecture and materials, the clients were well matched with Ghorbanalinejad, who established a considered combination of waxed concrete, stainless-steel, and Okoumé wood. Join us for a trip.
Photography by Mary Gaudin for Saba Ghorbanalinejad.
Above: The ninth-floor home opens into an expansive kitchen area, dining, and living space, with views over the rooftops Oberkampf.< img design=" margin-bottom:16 px; max-width:100%; height: car" width=" 733" height=" auto" loading=" lazy" class=" size-post-content wp-image-1560402" src=" http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/saba-ghorbanalinejad-oberkampf-renovation-mary-gaudin-02-733x563.jpg" alt=" saba ghorbanalinejad oberkampf restoration photos mary gaudin 108 "/ > Above: The kitchen island developed as a sculptural object, created by Ghorbanalinejad and produced by Framaco, with an incorporated Bosch cooktop. “The objective was to make the island feel as light and sculptural as possible, instead of a heavy, traditional focal point,” Ghorbanalinejad describes. “The incorporated light emphasizes this sense of lightness, improving the island’s sculptural quality.”
Above: The light is a Joe Colombo Spider Arc Light from 1967. The cabinets are Okoumé wood, chosen for its grain; the wall oven is by Sauter. Above: Paint was removed from sections of walls and ceiling, leaving the initial concrete partly exposed. In the kitchen, it is paired with glass shelving and a custom stainless steel element, fabricated by Framaco.
Above: The wall light is a vintage Murano glass sconce. Above: The faucet is the Dornbracht Tara Wall-Mounted Mixer. Above
: Two openings result in separate bedrooms– a main bed room and kids’s room. Books play a main role in
every day life, and a full-height library wall structures the living location. Two Murano glass fixtures are set up above each entry. Above: Bedrooms are shut off with custom-made pocket doors in pale blue. Above: When the living and restroom doors are closed on the kids’s side, the main bedroom transforms into a suite complete with private dressing area and special access to the restroom. Above: Closet hardware, the Godric Furnishings Deal with in matte nickel, tempers the modern-day style with an organic shape. Above: The restroom is developed as a through-space with dual gain access to. The Devon & Devon Nobel Basin with Axor faucet is placed as a central element, framed by 2 recessed lamps.
Above: Easy specific niches home LED lighting behind textured glass. The walls are ended up in waxed concrete. Above: The reverse side of the shower wall.
Above: A view of the double doors closed off to the kids’s side. Above: Saba Ghorbanalinejad stands in the Oberkampf apartment or condo kitchen area. Above: The starting layout left over from the 1970s. Above: The architectural plans reveal the transformation with the through-space restroom at center.
For more of Saba’s work, see our previous posts:
- A Thought About Restoration in Old Versailles by Designer Saba Ghorbanalinejad
- Increasing Light and Area: A Compact Paris House with a Vintage Quality
- Kitchen area of the Week: A White-Out Kitchen Area Extension in Paris from Saba Ghorbanalinejad