SPE House, Spéracèdes Residential Building, French Residential Interior Design, Architecture, Images
SPE House in Spéracèdes
Renovation and Extension Development, France ? design by ELLENA MEHL Architects
15 May 2017
SPE House
Design: ELLENA MEHL Architects
Location: Hyères les Palmiers, France
SPE House

The house is located on the French Riviera, at the very end of a small road, in a old hamlet built around a local spring that has been known since before the XIX th century.

Built on the side of a hill, the landscape follows horizontal lines, formed by terraced gardens and stone walls also called “restanques” in the south of France.

Although built less than 40 years ago, the main house is typical of provençal houses : rectangular, compact, and symmetrical with a stone framed entrance at the centre, and with small windows and terracotta tiles.
 

This is a landscape project.

The extension is set within the existing terraced planes, between the main house and the stone walls, redefining new intersection lines in the landscape.

The main level is connected at half level to the house using reshaped existing stairs.

 

With wild grass covering the terraced roof, the addition merges in completely with the existing “restanques”.

 

The house extension consists of 3 intersecting planes: glass, stone and grass.

Glass revealing the surrounding landscape, Grass on the roof-garden, Stones resembling the existing terraced walls.

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