Archinect - Features 2024-12-25T22:12:40-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149963618/stripped-of-cosmetics-but-imbued-with-substance-inside-the-berard-residence Stripped of cosmetics, but imbued with substance: inside the Berard Residence Julia Ingalls 2016-08-26T09:20:00-04:00 >2021-10-10T06:54:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/060i35la5ltwa50q.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As conceptually oriented housing design goes, the Berard Residence has a bold aim: it attempts to shift the preconception of housing's elemental function away from shelter and into a more experiential mode, concerned with the qualities of human existence itself. Submitted to <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149954395/open-call-for-submissions-domesticity" target="_blank">our open call</a> under July's theme of Domesticity, the home aligns itself with a new interpretation of the 'case study' ideal.</p>