Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale

Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale

Cyril Chenebeau

Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography

ARCHITECTS
Cyril Chenebeau

BUILDER
Montaner, Difral, Cappatti

LOCALISATION
Sclos De Contes 06390 – Région P.a.ca

MATERIALS
White Concrete Finishing Bushhammered, Aluminum Joinery, Teak Parquet

PHOTOS
Aldo Amoretti Photography (20), Atelier Barani, Birgitte Fryland (1)

AREA
60 Sqm

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Sclos de Contes, Contes, France

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography

Located in the vicinity of Nice, near the small village of Sclos de Contes, the house is built below an old pathway, on a slope made of several terraces planted with trees and facing west.

The existing house is a former small cottage with only one room on the garden level that was built against a stone wall and heightened with one storey.

Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography

The extension digs out the terrace and surrounds the old house with two white concrete blocks which stand out from the natural ground.

The interior volume of the block contains a double height living-room and offers tensioning, creating a subtle balance with the old renovated building.

Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography

The second smaller volume serves as a light shaft which is meant to bring light into a shower opening onto the sky.

The house has picture windows on each side in order to let, at various seasons and times of the day, both the sunshine and the beauty of the surrounding landscape in.

The connection between the house and the extension is made up of an empty space with a large plate angle glass window which brings sheer fluidity between the inside and the outside.

Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography


Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography


Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Aldo Amoretti Photography


Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
Rehabilitation et Extension d'une Maison Rurale
© Atelier Barani, Birgitte Fryland