CHANGE.NL completes holiday home in brittany, france
A few years ago, Dutch architectural firm CHANGE.NL was approached by a client to design a holiday home on the south coast of Brittany, France. The wood-clad structure emerges amid a sloping site where a group of monumental trees take over its middle part, next to a dilapidated house and a barn on the other side. Presented with these conditions, and given how construction is allowed in only these two places, the architects sought to design a modest main residence with an annex for the spacious site.
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embracing the site’s sloping topography
The holiday home by CHANGE.NL (see more here) introduces a long horizontal line that connects the main residence and annex and responds to the vastness and height difference of its surroundings. Lead architects Iemke Bakker and Artsje Hylkemasloping saw the sloping site as an opportunity; with sufficient height available, the team has built the annex in two layers, allowing the footprint to remain compact and both volumes to ‘land’ into the landscape.
Holiday home by CHANGE.NL
chestnut wood-clad house alluding to fishing huts
The characteristic monumental trees form an iconic part of both the holiday home and the landscape. The facade openings of the smaller living spaces frame a view of the coastal landscape. Meanwhile, the living room and kitchen of the main residence offer a panoramic sea view through the wide glass. For the cladding, CHANGE.NL has chosen ‘châtaignier’, or chestnut wood, which is traditionally used to build the characteristic fishing huts along the Breton coast.
embracing the site’s monumental trees
the building emerges amid a sloping site
cladding the holiday home with chestnut wood
CHANGE.NL highlights panoramic sea views
