LRVO House Extension

LRVO House Extension
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LRVO HOUSE EXTENSION

Vous Architecture & Design

LOCATION
Saint-herblain, France

MANUFACTURERS
Atkar, Dulux, LOCKER GROUP, Laminex, Silent Gliss, Tarkett, Woven Image, AutoCAD, Bamstone, Briggs, Corian, Ontera, Robert McNeel & Associates, Tint Design

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
25 m²

YEAR
2020

PHOTOGRAPHS
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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In the Preux district, on the edge of Saint-Herblain, France, the 1980’s identical houses line up, only distinguished by their pale colors.

LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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Carefully placed above the garage, the LRVO extension takes advantage of the orientation of the plot and extends the house toward the road, facing west.

A simple, one-piece volume, radically wrapped in wood cladding, on the walls as well as on the roof, dialogues with the pavilion.

As a sketch of an archetypal house, this new living space is part of the existing building through a fine dialogue with the current roof slopes.

LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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Delicately placed on the garage, the project contrasts in its materiality, without however erasing the particular geometry of the pavilion which supports it.

Inside, VOUS also designed and built the furniture. A double-height space fitted with a dressing acts as a hallway, leading to a bathroom facing south, and a bedroom on the other side.

Shelves span the whole west wall, turning from a sink to shelves, to a desk, to shelves again, ending in a lecture spot, adjoining the bedroom window.

LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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On the upper floor, a roof window enlights a storage space that can be turned, one day, into a guest room or a reading salon.


LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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LRVO House Extension
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2nd floor plan - Existing
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2nd floor plan - Actual
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