Right in the heart of the Landes region of France, this hotel installation interacts with a landscaped tableau where human intervention is in dialogue with nature. The first stage of the project consists in transforming the existing lake into a landscape of dunes crowned with slender pines: the dredged sand is heaped up around the edges of the lake in order to create little bays where the bungalows lie. Built in wood, these are characterised by a notably prismatic arrangement which favours openings onto the lake whilst conserving the privacy of the occupants.

© Vincent Monthiers

Architects: Patrick Arotcharen Architecte

Location: 40230 Saubion, France

Architect In Charge: Patrick Arotcharen and Julie Pimenta de Miranda
Landscape Architect : EMF Marti Franch

Area: 997.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Vincent Monthiers , Mathieu Choiselat

© Mathieu Choiselat

Site Plan

From the architect. Right in the heart of the Landes region of France, this hotel installation interacts with a landscaped tableau where human intervention is in dialogue with nature. The first stage of the project consists in transforming the existing lake into a landscape of dunes crowned with slender pines: the dredged sand is heaped up around the edges of the lake in order to create little bays where...