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NBJ: individual house

Elodie Nourrigat & Jacques Brion Architects completed in a pine forest in France a house composed by three ondulated bodies, to develop an interior scenario that consists in several stories where each sequence is a new discovery.

Situated in a pine forest on a plot with a steep, the first phase of the project was the creation of an enabling environment for the establishment of the house. The slope is both the first constraint and the major asset of the place to embrace an open landscape on the horizon.

Two axes marked two choices in the site making: firstly, the accompaniment of the slope, in order to establish a regular level. Like terraces in the landscape, one path made by Corten steel sheets has been created to accompany the arrival at home while building the landscape discovery. Then, the choice of the sequence was made.

Rather than revealing the entire surrounding landscape, the choice was to develop, in the house, a scenario that consists several stories where each sequence presents a new discovery. Three undulated bodies take place in the slope and stretch as slender overhanging the landscape. Interconnected by a simple entity, new spaces are made possible by the establishment of protected terraces and outdoor spaces.

To enjoy the view without creating overheating effect, a specific work setting thickness of the ends was made. So each end of the rolling bodies expansion of the facade is protected by large brise soleil that can be fully opened with a rotation system: wider in South to ensure the sun protection, while the thickness in the North provides a visual filter protecting the privacy.