TAA adds contemporary extension to traditional Toulouse chartreuse house - architecture and design

TAA adds contemporary extension to traditional Toulouse chartreuse house



Local architecture office TAA has completed House M in Toulouse, France, featuring a glass-and-concrete extension that contrasts with the existing brick-clad chartreuse-style dwelling.
Taillandier Architectes Associés (TAA) was asked to modernise a traditional property in Toulouse's Minimes neighbourhood to meet the needs of a family of four.
House M sits on a long and narrow plot, where a small building known locally as a chartreuse stood at the end of the garden.
The concrete-and-glass extension overlooks a pool
The chartreuse was retained and extended to create additional living spaces and a main bedroom suite, along with a new garden annexe housing a guesthouse and pool house.
The concrete extension is positioned on the southern side of the chartreuse to preserve a view of the original facade from the entrance at the opposite end of the plot. The new wing sits slightly lower than the existing house and features a stepped, flat roof that abuts the gable end.
A ceiling was removed to add height to the kitchen
"The choice of a terraced roof for the extension allows the new volume to slide in underneath the overhang of the existing tiled roof," said the architects.
The studio added that its modern aesthetic enables the extension to "clearly differentiate itself from the traditional form of the existing structure, typical of the Toulouse area. It is a 21st-century reinterpretation of the chartreuse."
A concrete poolhouse sits opposite the extension
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