The architecture of this house plays with Corbusian codes, both in the materials used,  such as raw, board-marked concrete, brick, and timber,  and in its spatial organization.

Inside, the treatment of light is expressed through the careful orientation of the spaces and the insertion of large windows with orthogonal frames, offering multiple viewpoints toward the horizon. The interplay of voids and the transparency of circulation areas create dynamic volumetric effects, enhanced by variations in ceiling heights across the different spaces. The cathedral-style living room thus provides an impressive volume conducive to conviviality, while the bedrooms are designed according to the proportions of the Modulor, creating a more intimate spatial experience.

This vertical functional distribution of spaces is perceptible from the exterior of the building, which displays an expressive geometric composition: the garden level, in white concrete, forms a transitional buffer zone between inside and outside; the structural core, clad in flamed brick, houses the private areas; and the upper volume, covered in slate and generously opened to the outdoors, contains the reception spaces.

Defined by the Anglo-Saxon critic Reyner Banham, Brutalism is characterized by the emphasis on structural materials and the absence of ornamentation, expressed through the raw presence of concrete.

The Brutalist movement of the 1950s–1970s is notably illustrated in the later works of Le Corbusier. The Maisons Jaoul (1953–1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine) are among the earliest examples of this movement. Breaking with the principles of the Modern Movement that Le Corbusier himself had established in 1926, they display their materials in their raw state, exposed concrete, visible brick, and natural wood,  and have been listed as Historic Monuments since 1966.

A collaborator of Roland Schweitzer, a pioneer in the revival of timber architecture and a former student of Auguste Perret and Jean Prouvé, Jean-Baptiste Combrisson (1949–2017) was a French architect active during the second half of the 20th century.

He was a resident at the Villa Médicis in Rome from 1975 to 1977. Upon his return, he served as project officer at the Directorate of Construction until 1992 and was responsible for the Eurorex program and the “Architecture and Industrialization” initiative in Paris. He began his academic career teaching successively at Tolbiac, at the ENSA Paris La Villette, and at the ENSA Nantes from 2006 to 2014, where he was in charge of the professional accreditation (habilitation à la maîtrise d’œuvre).

In Paris, he headed the Association of HLM Organizations and the Île-de-France expertise center for 13 years (1992–2005). He left Paris in 2005 to become Chief Executive Officer of Habitat 44 in Nantes and concluded his career as a project officer to the Director General of Services of the Loire-Atlantique Department, overseeing the implementation of an environmental compensation program across the territory and coordinating the SCOT network (Schémas de Cohérence Territoriale at the departmental level).

Born in 1948, Laurence Guibert studied in the studio of Roland Schweitzer and was admitted to the Order of Architects in 1981. She founded the firm Atelier 85 with François Galard in 1982 and worked on experimental projects using natural materials, including a rammed-earth village in the new town of L’Isle-d’Abeau.

In 1999, she established her own practice, Guibert Architecture, and worked on numerous public and social facilities in Paris and the greater Paris region. She delivered several daycare centers and nursing homes (EHPADs), as well as multi-purpose facilities; she also oversaw the renovation of the nursing school at Hôpital Foch in Suresnes, and the restructuring of the fire and rescue center in Épinay-sous-Sénart and the Grenelle fire station in Paris’s 15th arrondissement.

Alongside the supervision of her construction projects, Laurence Guibert has also been involved in training young graduates, particularly in supporting quality management processes within architectural practices.