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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Rehabilitation Et Extension D’une Maison Rurale in Sclos de Contes, France by Cyril Chênebeau

 
December 11th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Cyril Chênebeau

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.

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

  • Architects: Cyril Chênebeau
  • Project: Rehabilitation Et Extension D’une Maison Rurale
  • Location: Sclos de Contes, France
  • Photography: Aldo Amoretti A+A
  • Area: 60 sqm
  • Project year: 2015

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

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.

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

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.

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Aldo Amoretti A+A

Image Courtesy © Cyril Chênebeau

Image Courtesy © Cyril Chênebeau

Image Courtesy © Cyril Chênebeau

Image Courtesy © Cyril Chênebeau

Image Courtesy © Cyril Chênebeau

Image Courtesy © Cyril Chênebeau

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Categories: House, Rehabilitation, Residential




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