MORBIHAN 02 - ATELIER FB
Following our first published project in the Gulf of Morbihan, we were contacted by a couple of young, very active retirees. This house is a second home that is in the process of becoming their main residence.
They wanted to be able to receive their children, grandchildren and even friends in the annex. Dynamic and modern, this couple approached us to transform this house and its adjoining garage, with a desire for light, but also for fluidity of space.
Our work on the garage involved transforming part of it into an adjoining living space. Our focus was on the living area.
Previously oppressive and inconsistent, we needed to open up this living volume, not by intervening on the already bright facades, but by rethinking the use of the mezzanine (it now houses the couple's office as well as a play area for the grandchildren) its access via a staircase and its walkway.
The Mezzanine. A new use had to be found for this area. Previously, this almost complete floor provided additional rooms, panelled and coloured. Our customers didn't need all that space. Reducing it allows the living space on the first floor to breathe. Our decision was to create an exclusive level for the children and especially the grandchildren.
This light-filled space is fully glazed so that grandparents, while teaching them independence, can have a direct view of the toddlers while they are busy in the living room or kitchen. A custom-made, full-height, matt-white steel skylight opens onto the living room below. The walkway.
The glass balustrade contrasts with the matt-white steel balusters. We clad a reinforced concrete structure in a fine envelope of faceted oak grain, like a modern - and asymmetrical - interpretation of a ship's hull.
This boat crosses the concrete beam needed to support the mezzanine, which we have retained. To accentuate the ceiling height and signify gigantism, the rungs extend from the floor of the walkway to the ceiling. They have no structural virtue whatsoever: they punctuate the space, and also limit the sensation of vertigo one might have with the glass railing on the bay side.
The staircase: a partially suspended staircase rises above an oak joinery box. This contrast accentuates the impression of floating. Attached to the gable wall, it is supported on the other side by white steel tie rods. The roundness of the gangway bars is matched here by the austerity of the flat, matt-white lacquered steel bars. We've toned down this angular rigor with the use of ropes that intertwine around the rungs.
Photo credit © Arnaud Rinuccini
They wanted to be able to receive their children, grandchildren and even friends in the annex. Dynamic and modern, this couple approached us to transform this house and its adjoining garage, with a desire for light, but also for fluidity of space.
Our work on the garage involved transforming part of it into an adjoining living space. Our focus was on the living area.
Previously oppressive and inconsistent, we needed to open up this living volume, not by intervening on the already bright facades, but by rethinking the use of the mezzanine (it now houses the couple's office as well as a play area for the grandchildren) its access via a staircase and its walkway.
The Mezzanine. A new use had to be found for this area. Previously, this almost complete floor provided additional rooms, panelled and coloured. Our customers didn't need all that space. Reducing it allows the living space on the first floor to breathe. Our decision was to create an exclusive level for the children and especially the grandchildren.
This light-filled space is fully glazed so that grandparents, while teaching them independence, can have a direct view of the toddlers while they are busy in the living room or kitchen. A custom-made, full-height, matt-white steel skylight opens onto the living room below. The walkway.
The glass balustrade contrasts with the matt-white steel balusters. We clad a reinforced concrete structure in a fine envelope of faceted oak grain, like a modern - and asymmetrical - interpretation of a ship's hull.
This boat crosses the concrete beam needed to support the mezzanine, which we have retained. To accentuate the ceiling height and signify gigantism, the rungs extend from the floor of the walkway to the ceiling. They have no structural virtue whatsoever: they punctuate the space, and also limit the sensation of vertigo one might have with the glass railing on the bay side.
The staircase: a partially suspended staircase rises above an oak joinery box. This contrast accentuates the impression of floating. Attached to the gable wall, it is supported on the other side by white steel tie rods. The roundness of the gangway bars is matched here by the austerity of the flat, matt-white lacquered steel bars. We've toned down this angular rigor with the use of ropes that intertwine around the rungs.
Photo credit © Arnaud Rinuccini
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