Maison + Agence
MAISON + AGENCE
Hérard & da Costa
ARCHITECTS
Hérard & Da Costa
PHOTOGRAPHS
Philippe Ruault, Julien Sage-Thomas
AREA
317.0 m²
YEAR
2009
LOCATION
Neuville-Sur-Seine, France
CATEGORY
Greenhouse, Houses, Office Buildings
Text description provided by architect.
The site faces the river Seine on an old pathway of kitchen gardens composed of narrow plots between the village's heart and the vineyard slopes of champagne.
There is an orchard at the back of the plot that we wanted to preserve at all costs.
Constrained by a terrain of 15 meters width, the building grows in length stopping before the orchard while following the movement of the vine rows perpendicular to the hill.
We built a steel frame structure. Five spans of 6 meters by 7.5 meters covered alternately with transparent polycarbonate and aluminium sheets.
Site Plan