this unique summer cottage built mainly of concrete and glass that blends with the vegetation of the maritime forest where it is located. When carrying out the project, the architects had to solve the problem of lack of light there and meet two primary requirements: to conform to the low budget available and that its maintenance was nil.
The house to be used for much of the year, only two bedrooms and two bathrooms, one en suite, with the peculiarity that the social area should be generously sized and offer the possibility to adapt to different uses, as it was supposed to be frequently receive friends as occasional guests. The kitchen should be integrated into the social area and all rooms have large expansions were outdoors.
The place where you should build the house is an area of 20 x 30 m, filled with majestic pines and a very high compared the level of the street. This situation made it difficult to access while offering the advantage of being very little exposed to the stares from the street while providing views of the landscape over the neighboring buildings.
The integration of all these factors make housing design as a "half-covered" by that gave extensive glass walls that ensure the maximum number of hours of daylight and full integration with the environment, causing him to lose presence in front of the landscape. The need to accelerate time to implementation of the work and avoid maintenance were decisive factors in choosing to build concrete saw. In short, an envelope of only two materials - concrete and glass - that solves the integration with the landscape and responds to formal issues, structural, functional, finishing and maintenance.
On the other hand, the shadow ruling allowing the use of exposed concrete as a building material since it provides sufficient thermal protection from spring to late autumn. Preparation for winter was not too important (although of course was expected) given its status as a summer house. The insulation waterproof concrete was resolved with high compactness and a study of the shape of the envelope so that the rain water drainage be performed very quickly. In addition, the color and texture of concrete formwork made of wooden boards was a forceful presence and mimetic at a time, allowing the work to be expressed in harmony with the landscape.
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