As soon as Upon a Time within the Perche Home / Java Structure
A heritage from the latest previous. A household inherited from their grandfather a home within the Perche area in Normandy. The constructing was located in a clearing in the midst of a beautiful forested space. Even so, the household was hooked up to the prevailing home, they didn’t actually know what to do it.
The constructing was constructed within the 70’, whereas a storage and a greenhouse had been added later. The homes from this era are normally referred to as “Phoenix homes”, Phoenix being one of many major 70’s constructors. Like many buildings from this era, it was nicely constructed however didn’t appear to suit the lifestyle of the brand new house owners. The primary points had been the absence of insulation, the shortage of pure gentle within the constructing, and the shortage of integration within the context.
The purchasers contacted us so as to know what could be the best choice between a demolition/ building mission and a refurbishment of the prevailing building. After a journey on this glorious web site, we had been satisfied that the refirbisjùment / extension was the best choice. Contemplating that the prevailing constructing construction was wholesome and powerful sufficient to bear an extension we defined to the purchasers that demolishing the constructing was not mandatory and even dangerous from an environmental perspective.
As soon as we agreed on this system our major process was to present this “Phoenix home” a second life becoming the purchasers expectations: enhancing the thermal efficiency of the constructing; opening the home on the context; including extra bedrooms and a much bigger front room; creating out of doors areas so as to benefit from the environment for essentially the most a part of the 12 months
A Phoenix Reborn from the ashes. So as to take action we determined to cowl the constructing with a wood skeleton after demolishing unusable components of the home (the greenhouse and the storage roof.) This new construction was conceived to satisfy three objectives: creating an extension of the lounge opened on the panorama; remodeling the storage onto a dwelling area with a semi-outdoor space; unifying the completely different components of the constructing
The lounge extension. The west facade of the constructing was demolished so as to prolong the slim dwelling and to create the dad and mom’ bed room on the primary flooring. To take action a wood construction product of laminated douglas was constructed following the prevailing geometry of the constructing. The extension is broad open on its west facade letting the panorama and pure gentle enter the lounge. With the intention to create intimacy and forestall overheating in the summertime the higher stage of the facade is roofed with a wood claustra
The storage transformation. The storage located on the jap a part of the constructing was now not wanted by the house owners. Alternatively, the household wanted to have extra bedrooms for the visitor and an out of doors area linked to the kitchen so as to be exterior throughout any season. We determined to make use of the identical construction as for the western extension to create a second pores and skin for the constructing which was vertically prolonged to create a kids’s dormitory whereas the primary flooring was remodeled into visitor rooms.
The brand new construction was implanted within the continuity of the central constructing exterior partitions, doing so we wished to create a semi-outdoor area so as to understand the traditional storage as a home inside the home devoted to the visitor. This new constructing is broad open on the coated space linked to the widespread kitchen. This area was designed to be the second coronary heart of the refurbished home, it may be used for gathering in many of the seasons nevertheless it’s additionally open on the panorama and advantages from pure gentle created by the glass tiles on the roof and the jap polycarbonate face.
Unifying the constructing. To combine the constructing into the positioning we wished to soften its completely different components into the identical volumetry so as to rework the patchwork constructions into one constructing referring to a recent farm in the midst of its clearing. To take action we determined to decorate the prevailing constructing with a wood insulated construction aligned to the extensions and to create a typical terrace all alongside the home.
The brand new facade of the primary constructing was designed to comply with the rhythm and thickness of the stress construction. This new pores and skin is product of douglas “packing containers” designed to inventory logs making a dwelling facade altering alongside the seasons and wooden shares. This steady wood facade linking the there a part of the constructing faces a typical deck which was created to supply an out of doors area for the summer time seasons whereas letting the remainder of the positioning as wild as doable. Lastly, to have the roof supplies everywhere in the constructing we determined to make use of second-hand tiles for the extension components of the constructing, doing so we tried to present the sensation that the constructing has at all times been right here.
Preserving as a substitute of destroying. Engaged on this mission was an important expertise for us which proves that any constructing is price preserving even when it appears outdated or lacks architectural curiosity. Stopping destruction shall not be reserved for high-value heritage buildings however utilized to any sort of building.
The world is filled with Phoenix ready to be reborn from their ashes, they’re simply ready for architects to begin the hearth!
