Narrative of a birth.

Located on the border of an agricultural area, the project aims to encourage a geomorphologic approach of the place by engaging in a dialogue with the hill of Montet, the orchard, and the big diagonal which points towards the "Tooth of Morcle".

The intention is to analyse the data that is already there. The house fits among the surrounding buildings thanks to a balanced geometry dictated by the variety of all the nearby constructions. Every facade contributes to giving the project a direction. 

Thus, by changing one’s point of view, the perception of an overall shape tends to give way to the perception of a façade that fits into its own environment. While on the side of the road the building is introvert, it opens up widely to the south towards the landscape.

In this site, formerly a marine bassin where sediments accumulated, the ground is rich in evaporated gypsum and salt. The nature of the place, a result of erosion and change, is revealed by rocks which have surfaced from the depth. As a reminder of the mossy rocks scattered all over the site, the house is a massive mineral block which gives a lavish role to vegetation.
In the foreground, the protected orchard will be given more of a visual importance and will therefore cause a visual impact which becomes an essential contribution to the project.

The first floor of the edifice is dug from the ground, this space, developed on two half levels, opens up to the garden. The first floor houses the intimate spaces. The services, gathered in a central nucleus which is oriented toward a vegetal patio, are bathed by an eastern zenithal-light.
Thanks to its orientation, the house fits into the landscape in a collusive partnership. As a result of a cut, the project is subordinate to the landscape. And thanks to a simple geometrical change, it adopts a contextual posture. 

The landscape and the house interact.

The house becomes a tool of revelation, and appropriates the changes in the poetry of the place.