Villégiature is both a time and a place away from home. Unlike vacations, villégiature does not have a fixed duration. You could be in villégiature for several days or several years. We imagine a place that evokes these bourgeois habits, while making them accessible. We imagine an architecture where wonder, calm and contemplation are no more only for the happy fews.
When you enter the building, you can clearly see the horizon of the sea through the second floor. We therefore wanted to maintain the transparency of this floor, as a place of communal spaces where everyday tasks are celebrated and staged. A footbridge provides continuity from the road to the water, making this area open and accessible. Through the desire to see the water, this place is transparent, but it is also archaic: it is an outdoor, mineral space where people cook, eat, digest, wash their clothes and their bodies.
The other floors are dedicated to housing, where every room has a view of the sea. The walk- through kitchens also allow you to contemplate the Mediterranean sea before entering the living area, where there’s a fountain for washing your hands. On the South side, in a series of loggias leading to the bedrooms, two showers are installed against the balcony railing. Visible from the outside, the pipes on the façade trace the weave of water circulation up to the roof, where rainwater is collected in tanks.