Extending a house means reducing the exterior space of a plot. The theme of the project that we developed for the ?landscape house? is the restitution of an exterior space. The site of the project is located in Nantes (France), in an area established on a ridge of the Armorican Massif. The 300m² plot hosts at its bottom a small house as a testimony to the past worker of the neighborhood.

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Architects: Mabire Reich · Office Profile

Location: Nantes, France

Area: 185.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Guillaume Satre · Photographer Profile, Courtesy of Mabire Reich

Bet Structural Ingeneers: E2C

Gross Floor Area: Existing house: 85 m², Extension : 100 m²
© Guillaume Satre

From the architect. Extending a house means reducing the exterior space of a plot. The theme of the project that we developed for the ?landscape house? is the restitution of an exterior space. The site of the project is located in Nantes (France), in an area established on a ridge of the Armorican Massif. The 300m² plot hosts at its bottom a small house as a testimony to the past worker of the neighborhood.

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