Holiday House in Cap Ferret / Atelier du Pont
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.
© Takuji Shimmura
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
© Takuji Shimmura
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.
© Takuji Shimmura
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 connecte...
© Takuji Shimmura
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
© Takuji Shimmura
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.
© Takuji Shimmura
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 connecte...
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