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Contemporary villa

Nicolas Dahan architect
2019
Soulac-sur-Mer (33)

2020 Architecture de Collection catalog

A minimalist villa close to the ocean

This splendid family holiday villa was designed by the architect Nicolas Dahan in 2019, in the heart of 4,000 m2 of pine forest, a few steps from the beach.

The house seems to have been delicately placed on the sand of the pine forest. Its assertive horizontality and the elegant simplicity of its design evoke the model of the Californian villa, all in length and transparency. Each room opens widely on the landscape thanks to sliding glass walls any height, which allow perspectives towards outside and inside. The spaces are swept by the projected shadows of pine and oak trees throughout the day.

The roof structure, made up of 136 larch boxes, creates a checkerboard pattern in its interior space, mirrored by the ground composed of okoumé slabs with exactly the same dimensions. The minimalist interior design gives pride of place to wood, for a serene and warm space.

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A scholarly exercise in wood engineering

The apparent simplicity of construction actually hides a significant amount of work. The wood, prefabricated in the workshop, was assembled on site under a high warehouse specially to protect the construction from the elements, as the level of requirements for the finishes prevented any humidity. No fastening elements are visible, and the whole has been meticulously sanded to obtain a finish usually used for furniture. The bay windows, more than 3 meters high (compared to 2.20 m for standard bays), were made by one of the five suppliers in the world capable of producing such large glass surfaces that can be easily handled.

The architect pushed glass and wood to their maximum technical performance. 2/3 of the construction rests on glass walls, too light to maintain the roof in case of storm. The latter was weighted with steel plates, and the structure of the house is anchored to the ground thanks to concrete walls.

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