Roseraie Guesthouse

Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas

ROSERAIE GUESTHOUSE

LABORATOIRE

ARCHITECTS
LABORATOIRE

FACADE CONTRACTOR
Duchaine

FIXED FURNITURE
Antoine Riche

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
TS CONSTRUCT

MEP ENGINEER
Greisch

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
S.E.A

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nicolas da Silva Lucas

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Liège, Belgium

CATEGORY
Cabins & Lodges

Text description provided by architect.

The densification project of the Domaine de la Roseraie aims to increase the tourist accommodation capacity on the site and to develop its facilities.

Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas

The project is structured in four stages: the restoration of the manor house and the existing XIXth century greenhouse, the creation of ten guest houses, and the addition of a thermal bath.

The typological and architectural choices are dictated by the site. A cruciform manor house, set on a pedestal that negotiates the topography, with three annexes from later periods.

A remarkable greenhouse was questioned by the project owner. A forest edge at the top of the site, bordering a Natura 2000 zone and a Roman camp, overlooking the valley.

Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas

The manor house retains its status, with flows and management centralized there.

Its base is confirmed and extended to give birth to the thermal space, relying on the typology of the old palestra as a tool to cope with the issues of intimacy and landscape footprint.

Phase one focuses on the first two guest houses that enhance the promenade from the Domaine to the Roman Oppidum.

Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas

On the heights of the property, the units are accessible from the existing pathway. The accommodations reinforce the presence of the greenhouse and learn from it, both by using it as a programmatic complement for the guesthouses and by reinterpreting the constructional system.

Each unit is installed punctually on piles and designed to be easily dismantled for site resilience. The materiality of the façade echoes the former presence : the profiled textured U-glass establishes a dialogue through its reflection and proportions both with the existing utilitarian structure and the surrounding.

Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas

The details of the units build on the inherent qualities of the prefabricated u-shaped glass elements, using their three-dimensional geometry to negotiate the corner details in an innovative proposal.


Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas
Roseraie Guesthouse
© Nicolas da Silva Lucas


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