The building on the avenue du Temple is located alongside of the wooded lanyard which follows the Vuachère River. This peculiar situation, in between urban and natural environments, characterizes the scenary of this four apartment building. The volume responde to the inflection-point of the street by a movement of the façade, while that on the south side the building is curved and fragmented in reaction of the shape of the wooded lanyard, creating large and well oriented terraces which open up to the ambient light and in the tree follage. This cipped volume bears witness of the different scales present in the neighborhood and inserts the building in its natural context.
The façade is designed by brickangular reinforced concrete slabs. In between the slabs, the vertical rhythm of the wood finishing the verticality of the trees of the wooded lanyard. This duality between vertical/horizontal and mineral/vegetal infiltrates the interior spaces and defines a yet contrasted but harmonius atmosphere.
