© Nicolas Lamouroux
- Architects: Atelier du Rouget Simon Teyssou & associés
- Location: 15290 Le Rouget, France
- Project Manager: Simon Teyssou, Franck Bassin
- Area: 654.84 sqm
- Project Year: 2014
- Photographs: Nicolas Lamouroux, Simon Teyssou, Christophe Camus
- Collaborators: BET 3B (engineering consultant wooden structure), SETERSO (engineering consultant concrete structure), AES (engineering consultant fluids)
© Nicolas Lamouroux
Placing a building in the centre of a small town asserts our desire to heighten urban density and to take part in livening it up and improving its appeal, instead of choosing a plot on the outskirts. The project itself is an alternative to spreading urbanization. The building fits into a hollow between two existing buildings. It is composed of a mixed program of offices (for architecture) and private flats (one 6-room and two 3-room flats). The L-shaped construction surrounds an open courtyard on the back street and vertical circulation gives access to its half-levels.
© Christophe Camus
Plan
© Christophe Camus
A public pedestrian path was made along the west side of the property, connecting the residential north street to the many services and shops on the avenue du 15 septembre.
© Simon Teyssou
Plan
© Simon Teyssou
The main volume comprises an architecture firm at garden-level and ground-level, and a 6-room family flat on the first and second floors. This volume opens widely to the south. Aligned with the street, the north volume includes a technical room in the basement with collective wood-pellet boiler-room, storerooms for the flats and three open garages on ground-level. Two 3-room flats for rent are located on the first and second floors. An underground tank collects rain-water for bathrooms and gardens.
© Simon Teyssou
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