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The villa Trapenard, located 5 avenue Le-Nôtre in Sceaux (Hautes-de-Seine), was designed in 1932 by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, a major figure in the modernist movement. This one-storey cubic building illustrates the principles of modern architecture: stilts supporting the living room, ground floor ejected for services, and false door creating a space for the garage. Its spatial organization reflects a clear separation between the service areas (kitchen, laundry) on the ground floor and the living areas (lounges, rooms) on the first floor.

Classified as a Historical Monument by order of 23 March 2024, the villa is protected in its entirety, including its plot and its fence on street (except the swimming pool and garage). Its innovative design, marked by geometric volumes and an absence of ornamentation, is part of the course of the École de Paris of the 1930s. Mallet-Stevens applies bold technical solutions, such as stilts, that release the ground and create an impression of lightness.

The location of the villa in Sceaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine, is part of an urban context that is changing during the inter-war period, when the aristocracy and the Parisian bourgeoisie built secondary residences combining modern comfort and proximity with the capital. This monument thus reflects the social and architectural evolutions of Île-de-France in the 20th century, where functionalism responds to new ways of life.

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