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A KITCHEN AND ITS SCULPTURAL WINE CELLAR
Designed bespoke with the owners, the kitchen layers pale grey cabinetry, natural wood, and black accents, illuminated by pale quartz countertops. Fully glazed, a corner wine cellar marks the transition between kitchen and dining area, extends the openness of the main living plateau, and becomes one of the project’ s signature architectural gestures. Far from a simple storage element, it acts as a sculptural volume in its own right, presenting the bottles like a domestic library.
A suspended staircase, lightened by a glass balustrade, runs through the three levels like a spine. Its apparent weightlessness allows light to flow freely from one floor to the next while preserving the transparency of the living spaces.
A MATERIALITY OF PLACE
The selection of materials anchors the residence within its mineral and forested context. Natural stone extends seamlessly from the exterior envelope into the interior spaces, establishing a strong visual continuity with the character of the site. Omnipresent across ceilings, floors, and built-in millwork, wood instigates an organic dialogue with the surrounding forest and warms each volume of the home. Durable, and possessed of an evolving beauty, these materials sustain a biophilic approach, carried by generous openings onto the landscape. The residence also follows a bioclimatic logic, favoring passive solar gains and natural ventilation.
A LOGIC OF THE BESPOKE
This bespoke approach unfolds throughout the entire project. Custom walk-in closets, integrated furniture, vanities drawn specifically for their users, backlighting that modulates the atmosphere across the course of the day— each detail responds to a precise use, identified through ongoing exchanges with the inhabitants. The result is a coherent living environment in which form embraces habit and functionality aligns, without compromise, with aesthetics.