Holiday house in Cap Ferret by Atelier du Pont

Holiday house
Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

The terrain that slopes gently towards the sea is typical of Cap Ferret: a small forest of strawberry tree, yucca and pines.

Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

The challenge was to design a project that would exist in harmony with its surrounding landscape and have a limited impact on the existing vegetation.

Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

The house echoes forest cabins and the multiple openings serve to accentuate its relationship to nature.

Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

Its implantation allowed to preserve a maximum of existing trees, and the façade uses mostly wood to mimic the pine grove around it. The construction blends into the topography of the terrain.

Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

The spaces were designed for a large sibling so that everyone, while getting together, can still benefit of intimacy and calm. The «cabins» are connected to one another through a series of terraces.

Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

A large internal curved lines stairway exists in counterpoint to the triangular openings and the other diagonal lines that frame the views of the surrounding nature. Source by Atelier du Pont.

Holiday house
Photo © Takuji Shimmura

Location: Cap Ferret, France
Architect: Atelier du Pont
Project managers: Alice Berthelon, Maciej Janakowski
Landscape designer: Arnaud Gallou – Ferret Vert
General contractor: BMC
Surface: 330 m2
Year: 2016
Photographs: Takuji Shimmura, Philippe Garcia, Courtesy of Atelier du Pont

Holiday house
Photo © Philippe Garcia
Holiday house
Photo © Philippe Garcia
Holiday house
Photo © Philippe Garcia
Holiday house
Photo © Philippe Garcia
Holiday house
Photo © Philippe Garcia
Holiday house
Photo © Philippe Garcia
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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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