Living in the countryside.

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Architects: Gardera-D Architecture, Atelier Philippe Pastre

Location: Bayonne, France

Area: 5000.0 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Mathieu Choiselat , Stephane Chalmeau

Associate Architect: David Pradel

Project Manager: Délphine Prunet

Technical Studies Structures: Batiserf

Landscaper: Cyrille Marlin

Project Owner: Habitat SudAtlantic

© Mathieu Choiselat

From the architect. Living in the countryside.A small courtyard, a back entrance on the kitchen side, a hut, a dead tree, garden boots, smells, be in touch with nature, birdsong, animals, a vegetable garden, a shed for tools, a pergola, ivy along the walls, piles of wood, a tree under which to shelter, a forest, an undergrowth, a river, an attic, a chicken coop, a bench, a pond, a well, a fountain, a path ... Living outside, space, air, light. How to live the countryside" How do you live in a forest" What are the ambiances" What are the specific characteristics of a habitat in the countryside"
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Site Plan

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 A highly contextual architecture, generous balconies, traversing housings...Those are qualities that appears generally at the end of the studies. Here they are the starting point. Delivered in December 2014, the simple and compact ...