Les Rosiers

The apartments are arranged around a vertical circulation core situated on the west façade, which allows natural light to reach the circulation areas and provides the living spaces with the best views and open views. The outdoor spaces are generous, comprising terraces for the ground floor and penthouse, and a spacious loggia—an additional living area—for the first floor.

Although it would have been more practical to locate the car park entrance to the south of the building, taking advantage of the slope of the land, pedestrian and vehicular access runs along the west façade, so as to preserve a direct link between the building’s outdoor extensions, the garden, and the vineyard plot.

The volumetric and architectural design aims to create a building with a unified, compact and mineral appearance, in keeping with the character of the site. The pursuit of a unified appearance does not come at the expense of the building’s formal richness, thanks to a play of volumetric articulations. Setbacks in the plan accompany the slight fragmentation and differentiation of the volumes, allowing for the management of privacy and the adjustment of the distance to the public domain, which is very close by. A sense of continuity in the façades helps to integrate the attic floor, which is all too often perceived as an addition to the main volume.

The variation in the openings, in terms of position and size, helps to soften the impression of three independent flats stacked one on top of the other. The sense of compactness is reinforced by the use of loggias integrated into the structure, preferred to balconies.

The choice of façade materials—hand-moulded terracotta bricks and wood-and-metal joinery—reinforces the building’s character and its connection to the site.