Beaumont/Maison à Marseille | padovani maurice

On a 100-by-20-meters site served by a lane at each end, a building strip with a margin of 6 meters was implanted on two levels between a pathway to the North and a planting strip to the South. The building strip was divided in four equal 25-meters-long segments. This house adjoins two of the four houses. The north wall is only pierced with the main entrance and the openings for the shower room and the laundry room. The south wall is only bay-windows. A cantilevered concrete slab, a partition of fixed shutters with directional slats and an adjustable screen of cloth protect this wall from the sun's effulgence. The partition of shutters is equipped with Naco gears and red cedar slats. The motorised screen of Ferrari micro-perforated cloth and aluminium was developed, realised and installed by Sarragala. Each of the main rooms has a partition to the south. Raw materials have been favoured to the detriment of linings and other false-ceilings. Each surface is strongly coloured and white is almost nil as it is rendered useless by the bay-windows' share of light.