Fabre de Marien

Single Family House in France

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE

Fabre/DeMarien

ARCHITECTS
Fabre/DeMarien

PHOTOGRAPHS
Stéphane Chalmeau

AREA
125.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Bordeaux, France

CATEGORY
Houses

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

Text description provided by architect.

The site is situated in a residential suburb of Bordeaux composed typically of individual family homes each with their own surrounding gardens.

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The site whose surface area is 186 m2, was obtained by the division of the former, larger existing property.

The urban planning laws allow for only 40% of this surface are to be constructed upon.

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

Thus the house is compact, 8m by 9.4m by 6.2 m tall. To the rear of the plot lies a small wooded clearing.

The house itself is bounded by its two gardens. It is a four-person family home.

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

At ground level sites the shared living areas and is largely open to the exterior by the means of 4 large square window bays, each measuring 2.5m by 2.5m, minimally detailed, without obvious lintels.

When open, the partitioning window frames disappear into the thickness of the walls, eliminating the barrier between the interior and exterior.

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The living space is now projected into the garden and vice versa.

This space is divided into 3 parts by a painted textured blockwork wall and by a utility and sanitary space.

At first floor level, the special organisation is more dense, 4 bedrooms and a bathroom all fed by a small corridor.

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The openings of these 5 rooms are grouped into 3 bays of 2.5m by 2.5m.

The two façades facing the gardens are thus pierced by 7 identical squares.

Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau

The house is built from blockwork, the metalwork is of aluminium naturally anodised, the exterior is covered in a light grey render and the interior including the partition walls are insolated with mineral wool and lined with plasterboard.


Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau
Single Family House in France
© Stéphane Chalmeau


Single Family House in France
Plan

Fabre de Marien
T +33 5 57871381
Fabre de Marien
8 Cité Montagut, 33300 Bordeaux, France