By a set of subtle surfaces, the front facade is
struggling to blend into the template of the street. It balances between integrating and standing
out. Inside a continuous open space made
of large and generous rooms, connected to each other by some unexpected views
creates a compressed urban-like space. A “canyon” of light allows to create a
dinstinction between the living spaces and the bedrooms while extending itself
to the ground floor through a void which receives the staircase. The
traditional spaces of a house are put together here into a single organic space
with raw finishing such as a concrete grid on the ceiling and the prominent
interior brick wall. A difference of level on the ground floor creates a smooth
transition between the street and the back of the house which is ended with a
longitudinal garden. Through precise openings and a terrace in extension of the
living room, the boundaries between inside and outside in this townhouse are
fading.