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- Architects: Atelier du Pont
- Location: Lège-Cap-Ferret, France
- Area: 330.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Takuji Shimmura, Philippe Garcia
- Landscape Designer: Arnaud Gallou – Ferret Vert
- General Contractor: BMC
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From the architect. The terrain that slopes gently towards the sea is typical of Cap Ferret: a small forest of strawberry tree, yucca, and pines. The challenge was to design a project that would exist in harmony with its surrounding landscape and have a limited impact on the existing vegetation.
© Philippe Garcia
Section
© Philippe Garcia
The house echoes forest cabins and the multiple openings serve to accentuate its relationship to nature. Its implantation allowed to preserve a maximum of existing trees, and the façade uses mostly wood to mimic the pine grove around it.
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The construction blends into the topography of the terrain. The spaces were designed for a large sibling so that everyone while getting together, can still benefit of intimacy and calm. The «cabins» are connected to one another through a series of terraces. A large internal curved lines stairway exists in counterpoint to the triangular openings and the other diagonal lines that frame the views of the surrounding nature.
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Lower Floor Plan
© Philippe Garcia
Upper Floor Plan