Archello Awards · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024 · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024
Winners Announced

Rustic House Maison rustique

Urban Agency as Architects

“The best preventive remedy to ageing is architecture”


How to design and build a project that will take few decades to complete “on time” for its owner retirement plan? In this project, ageing and weathering serve as a critical design tool for thinking about how architecture might intercept the changing state of weathering on site.


On a sloping rural site with views over the land, the form and orientation of an existing cottage generates two further, similar buildings, which offer a more complete in-habitation of the ground. The first, a south-facing bedroom emerges from the hill; the second, a bathroom with double height shower of traditional Moroccan construction is largely contained within it. The three buildings are connected by a subterranean roof-lit corridor whose walls retain the earth. These are sheds, entirely made out of in situ concrete (walls and roofs) and finished with a natural rust iron pigments usually used for gardening, making reference in color and form to vernacular construction.


“L’architecture est le meilleur remède préventif au vieillissement”


Comment concevoir et construire un projet qui prendra quelques décennies pour se réaliser «à temps» pour son plan de retraite propriétaire? Dans ce projet, le vieillissement et l’altération constituent un outil de conception essentiel pour réfléchir à la manière dont l’architecture pourrait intercepter l’état changeant des conditions climatiques sur le site.


Sur un site rural en pente avec vue sur le terrain, la forme et l'orientation d'un chalet existant génèrent deux autres bâtiments similaires, qui offrent une habitation plus complète du terrain. La première, une chambre orientée au sud, émerge de la colline; la seconde, une salle de bains avec douche à double hauteur de construction marocaine traditionnelle est en grande partie contenue dans celle-ci. Les trois bâtiments sont reliés par un couloir souterrain éclairé par des toits dont les murs retiennent la terre. Ce sont des hangars, entièrement fabriqués en béton coulé sur place (murs et toits) et finis avec des pigments de fer rouille naturels habituellement utilisés pour le jardinage, faisant référence à la couleur et à la forme à la construction vernaculaire.



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