Practice as LifeSpan
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It s the story of the three little pig tale when the last one was constructing the most fragile one, the most temporary one, to avoid to waste time during construction. While the others were working for wood and bricks unit, the third pig was dancing and experimenting love affair. But when the wolf came, as usual in the tale, and try to blow the tent fabric, imagine how he has been astonished of the permanency of the temporary appearance...
Sommières, 2001, France
Architect: R&Sie(n)… Paris
Creative team and associated partners: François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Alexandre Boulin, Olivier Legrand
Engineer: Abaca Engineer
Contractor: Christian Hubert de Lisle
Key dimensions: 160 m2
Client: Ami & Judith Barak
Cost: 0,16 million USD
Text:
Design of a house for Judith and Ami Barak, director of an art centre in Montpellier, in the South of France
Scenario:
1) Exacerbation of the landscape like a new geological fold to obtain stealthiness.
2) Design of a house like a sheared upthrust rock layer alongside an existing stone wall in the middle of the field.
3) Tent-like construction to provide protection from weather, with living spaces inside.
Other realized project before 2001 : SEDIMENTATION / FURTIVE