la grange de mon pere by MJ architectes

‘la grange de mon pere’ by MJ architectes

‘la grange de mon pere’ by MJ architectes is an extension of a traditional house, which only deal with the living room / dining room. 

the home became too small with the arrival of a new baby in the family. the only programmatic constraint imposed by the client concern 

the connection of the extension through the kitchen or the entrance area to the house.

the grandfather farmer’s family house is located in agricultural area, where the surrounding architecture is devoted to farming. there is a flagrant archetype concerning the ‘traditional’ type of dwelling house, indeed there are farm annex buildings which can be similar to huge cottages, small hangars or most often small white or translucent greenhouses with long metal double pitched roof or half-cylindrical form. the existing house is composed of two big gables and let an important part of the site unused. at the bottom of the west gable, underground space is occupied by water network and grease tank.

façade sud ouverte

composed of sandy silts, the ground is chosen to realise a construction rising off the ground in order to avoid heavily impacted the ground, the clients expected to a heavy and traditional architecture while the landscape inspire us holiday and lightness. measuring fifteen meters long, four meters in width with little magnitude, eight concrete plinths for foundation, a wooden-floored, wood walls are assembled on the ground, and a north rigid gable in wood, a south gable of glass so there is a weak recovery by a steel portal and with a tie beam composed of stainless steel small cable for the bracing. using a roof without frame, the construction is simply made from auto-stable caissons, as all facades are articulated with pin white varnish sawn slats. galvanised steel corrugated iron is selected for the panels, where all millwork is finished in natural anodized aluminium.

depuis le jardin sud

le grand volet

le séjour

dedans-dehors

détail liaison

après le foot, la pause

le regard traversant

le rangement bois de chauffage luxe

quand la nuit tombe

la nuit est tombée

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