House of the Boulonnais Horse, Samer Building, French Stud Farm, Architecture Images
House of the Boulonnais Horse in Samer
15 Mar 2021
House of the Boulonnais Horse
Design: Joly & Loiret
Location: Château de la Bourdaisière, Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
House of the Boulonnais Horse is a rehabilitation and an extension of a stud farm

photo © Peloiret
The farm of Suze is a former post house connecting Boulogne-sur-Mer to Paris. It is today transformed into a stud farm of breeding and care in order to preserve the race of draught horses from the Boulonnais area. The architecture is simple, rustic, using the traditional volumes, materials and constructive systems in a contemporary vocabulary.

photo © Schnepp Renou The development of our proposal is part of an approach that aims to respect, preserve and enhance the context of the operation that we considered remarkable. Remarkable because it embodies the specificity of an activité and a relationship between man and horse in a particular environment that is that of the Natural Park OfCapsand OpalMarshes.

photo © Peloiret
Our goal is to “help revive this rich heritage, and thus enhance it” in a context where rural architecture and the Boulonnais horse are under threat.

photos © Schnepp Renou
We wantedto take advantage of a singular and exceptional rural architecture and landscape and on the identity of the site both from the point of view of itsarchitectural, landscape specificities, as wellas...