To intervene in suburban environments where individual villas have occupied extensively what used to be an urban landscape is a difficult task. It is hard to be delicate in environments where the quality of architecture does not mean much. Maybe one possibility is to tackle this context with some brutality.
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It is the aim of this house extension to deal with some sort of sensitive aggression to the existing pavillionaire constructions in and around the site. Through a very expressive minerality of a concrete exterior, the extension arrogantly « jumps » out of the existing house and literary shows the wood veins of the concrete formwork.
Looking at lake Geneva, the 10 meters window offers the panorama in a cinematic view, framing it dynamically.
Inside, a certain cocooning confirms the will of wanting to be close to a tactile sensibility with strong materials. Marble floor, walnut walls and concrete ceiling surround the precise opening.
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