The building's program include an exhibition hall at the ground and a loft on the floor. The location near by a highly frequented road inspired the wood boarding used as a noise shield frontage. The open work made of thin plate of wood create a frontage more or less translucent. The frontage lift up like a voile to create the principal entrance of the exposition hall.

What was the brief?
The project attempts to address the theme of skin in the construction of a wooden facade in order to offer an ecological and homogeneous solution capable of redefine the relationship between the image of the house and the street.

What were the key challenges?
The location near by a highly frequented road inspired the placement of wooden elements used as an acoustic barrier. The open work, more or less translucent, made of thin plate of wood is used as a screen able of capturing noise pollution from the road. The frontage enfolding the building lift up like a veil to create the principal entrance.

What materials did you choose and why? 
To avoid condensation problems, all wall components are made with ecological breathable materials. The migration of interior vapor to the exterior is regulated by an intelligent hermetic vapor barrier membrane capable of opening or closing its permeability depending on the pressure of the atmosphere.

The design of the project was carefully carried out to use largely local and harmless to health materials.

Material Used :
1. Facade cladding: Red Cedar
2. Timber structure: Scandinavian Lumber Standard, Stabilam
3. Windows: Aluminum and wood frame, Riche
4. Roofing: EPDM,  Resitrix
5. Rain barrier: Celit 4D, Isolproc; DELTA, Dörken
6. Vapor barrier: Intello Plus, Pro clima
7. Isolation: Wood fiber, Isoproc