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INTERVIEW C. Le GAC / F ROCHE / Decembre 2001 / en français
Lecture the in 2002, Arsenal, Paris
English publication on the web : NY Times / Architecture Week
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