Thursday, September 11, 2014

Maison Spirale by Portal Thomas Teissier Architecture

Portal Thomas Teissier Architecture have designed Maison Spirale, a house located in

Catelnau Le Lez, France.


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Project description



The ground surface represents 750m², with a triangular shape located on a hill which only had the potential to offer a nice panoramic view from the first floor and the proximity to a rocky natural wall (Lapiaz).


While keeping its natural environment where the house has been built, the construction stacks the following functions:

-A basement hosting a garage;

-A ground floor having a living function;

-A first floor hosting the bed-rooms;

-A roof-top terrace from which one can sun-bath while enjoying a panoramic view reaching out to the sea.


In manner to create a sleek spacial continuity with the construction showing an obvious and easy access to the roof-top, the house visually elevates itself in a spiral-like shape. This wooden ribbon seems to come out of the ground where it will at first outbound the demarcation of the garden by fencing it and make-out the garden’s technical elements. Finally the structure will wrap itself around the first floor and end-up rimming the Terrace on the roof-top.


Technically the wooden ribbon has an external insulation function. By partially wrapping itself- up around the house leaving open concrete gaps, it will give to the structure a thermal inertia which contributes to the comfort of the house in summer conditions. The first floor built irregularly in cantilever brings a variable shadow to the ground-floor entirely made out of glass. In winter as the sun shines lower in the horizon the rooms of the grown floor will glow with a shy warm sunlight. The inner floor made out of stones will accumulate and deliver heat until late at night.


The wooden ribbon will literally be cut-out at the bed room’s level to intentionally create openings in front of the windows. The cut-out parts are kept and equipped with hinges and jacks to create the window’s natural shutters.


A column made of concrete, poured in-situ, will act as a back-bone for the structure. On top of his structural function it will serve as a chimney and will convoy every flow from the basement up to the roof.



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Architect: Portal Thomas Teissier Architecture


Cadence Residence by Keith Baker Design

Keith Baker Design have recently completed the Cadence Residence on Vancouver Island, Canada.


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Design: Keith Baker Design

Construction: TS Williams Construction Ltd.

Interior Design: BC Interior Design Group