Les Houches is a small village situated in the French Alpes, close to one of its most important peaks, the Mont-Blanc. The aim was to integrate as naturally as possible the project into the extraordinary mountainous landscape.

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Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates

Location: 336 Route du Nant Jorland, 74310 Les Houches, France

Project Director: Matthieu Wotling, Chizuko Kawarada

Area: 2000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Kengo Kuma & Associates, Michel Denancé, Béatrice Cafieri

Project Manager: Silvia Fernandez

Site Supervision: TOP Frederic Reinert

Mechanical And Concrete Structure Engineer : EGIS Grand EST
Wood Structure Engineer: BARTHES

Quantity Surveyor: LTA

Façade Engineer : AR-C

Acoustician: ACOUSTB

© Michel Denancé

From the architect. Les Houches is a small village situated in the French Alpes, close to one of its most important peaks, the Mont-Blanc. The aim was to integrate as naturally as possible the project into the extraordinary mountainous landscape.

© Béatrice Cafieri

© Michel Denancé

Our idea was to create a wide roof perforated by lines of light running from north to south, following the natural slope, under wh...