Architecture studio Bureau has used a rough concrete finish to disguise this small wooden cabin in France as a boulder, distinguishable only by a porthole-style window.
Named Thérèse, the structure is located in the rural grounds of contemporary art space Bermuda outside the town of Sergy and provides space for one person to live comfortably.
Bureau has created a boulder-like cabin in France
Bureau, formerly known as Bureau A, conceived the project as a companion piece to its 2014 project Antoine ? a cabin in the Swiss Alps that was also disguised as a boulder.
Both projects pay tribute to the work of Swiss writer Chales-Ferdinand Ramuz, whose novel Derborence tells the story of a shepherd named Antoine who becomes trapped under rocks following a landslide, shortly after his marriage to Thérèse. It has a rough concrete finish to disguise it in woodland
"Thérèse was thought and built along the same lines as Antoine, creating interconnected dependencies of art and other travelling communities," said Bureau.
"Habitation is political here, as the two shelters are nowhere near commercial or speculative routes or agendas," it continued. "They offer a place to many outside any financial or economic considerations."
All that distinguishes it is a porthole-style window
Nestled in a wooded area close to France's border with Switzerland, all that gives away the presence of the cabin is a single, large porthole-style window.
Underneath Thérèse's r...