Réhabilitation du Chateau du Prince Noir | Bernard Bühler Architects

Under the leadership of owner Norbert Fradin, the castle and its outbuildings have recently been the subject of a careful restoration of the heritage value of the place, which take place in offices and a gourmet restaurant, run by the great chef Jean-Marie Amat. All include re-landscaping the surrounding area. The renovation of the castle of the Black Prince, near the Pont d'Aquitaine, focuses on two buildings: the castle and its outbuildings. The intervention of the dependencies associated rehabilitation and extension for the creation of a restaurant in the south wing (rooms and kitchens as well as accommodation upstairs). The extension says in a single volume: The broad picture of panoramic restaurant are surmounted by a mesh of galvanized steel, three rooms with different atmospheres, intimate and warmly colored, or the wide open landscape and bright natural. Work on outdoor areas designed to emphasize the quality of the castle park and meet the programmatic requirements. Existing plantations are maintained. The alignment is extended planted to mark the access to the castle, outbuildings to the gazebo. A parking space is part of the landscape environment, the vehicles are well sheltered by a pergola made ​​of minimizing their impact on the field. The project to renovate the grounds of Castle Black Prince can reclassify an urban landmark scale of Bordeaux. The renovation of the area of ​​Black Prince can return to Lormont, but also to the entire metropolitan area, a major urban landmark.