House in Montpeyroux

  • Year 2003
  • Program House
  • Client Private individual
  • Status Build
  • Surface 130 m² / 1,399 sq. ft
  • Cost €90,000 (excl. tax)
  • Location Montpeyroux, France

The village of Montpeyroux offers a slightly hilly landscape with distant views. Given the slope of the land and budgetary constraints, the house is set above ground. This economical project proposes a rational construction principle with a structure, walls, and floors in wood, and fully glazed facades. A thermal curtain can black out the facades and control temperature. Lined up with neighboring houses, the house has no vis-à-vis. Its elongated shape offers panoramic views of the distant hillsides. To fully inhabit the countryside, a garden complements the 4,000 m² (43,000 sq. ft) plot, with a field boasting some one hundred species of wildflowers.

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