MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™
PRACTICING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART + ARCHITECTURE ^ COMPUTATION2012 MaHouse
2012 | MaHouse | Single Family Home | Strasbourg, France
Architecte D.P.L.G.: MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY
Contemporary house / Maison contemporaine:
At MaHouse, designed by MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY, the extra length of a step, the degree of each tilt, the obliques in plan and elevation and their corner indentations act as small anomalies to introduce the experiential to one’s daily environment. A set of stairs engaged as a slide is an example of informal follows function.
Program: single family house with garage/basement + 3 levels: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, one office and a play room + pool.
Location: Quartier de l’Orangerie, Strasbourg Centre, France
Completion: Jan. 2015
All Photos of completed project by Brice Pelleshi
Of three stacked floors — parents’ penthouse on top, children’s playground in the middle, ground floor for all — the middle level is the most jumbled.
A staircase lined by Reglit glass profiles slips through the house’s three levels, providing a continuous spatial experience and copious light without direct views inside.
The lines of the house are derivatives of code lines and constraints — from maxing out the allowable zoning envelope, to the clearance height of each owner’s car in the underground garage.
Project:
Construction:
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LOG /Current phase:
Oct. 2013: Construction started!
March 2013: Building permit approval