Atelier Du Pont

Holiday House in Cap Ferret

Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura

HOLIDAY HOUSE IN CAP FERRET

Atelier Du Pont

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Lège-cap-ferret, France

ARCHITECTS
Atelier Du Pont

PHOTOGRAPHS
Takuji Shimmura, Philippe Garcia

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Arnaud Gallou – Ferret Vert

AREA
330 m²

YEAR
2017

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
BMC

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXThe 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.

Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Philippe Garcia
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© 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.

Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Philippe Garcia

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.

Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Philippe Garcia
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Philippe Garcia

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.

Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Philippe Garcia


Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Takuji Shimmura
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
© Philippe Garcia


Holiday House in Cap Ferret
Lower Floor Plan
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
Upper Floor Plan
Holiday House in Cap Ferret
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