PROUE

Designed in 1952, the villa is marked by bold architecture, inspired by the fluid lines of a ship. Raised on two levels, the main rectangular body follows the shape of the elongated plot, then develops, like a prow, along a generous curve in the shape of a rotunda topped by a passageway. The whole rests on a thin slab barely raised to create a feeling of weightlessness. A set of concrete and glass brick claustras then makes the link with a second volume from which a concrete veil with complex lines stands out, drawing a loggia with an openwork roof which rests on a stilt.
Its free plan, characteristic of the modern movement, allows for the organization of spaces and volumes according to their function. The ground floor of the main body is thus made up of a single room of 100 m² with spectacular volumes. The posts replacing the load-bearing walls allow the presence of a single opening over almost the entire length of the room and its curve.
Within this vast room, each function has its own space, structured by differences in levels, type of floor or decorative and functional elements. The 'living room' space and its strip window is bordered by a unique row of vertical wings forming an interior sunshade which separates it from the 'fireside' space, raised by two steps, with its sculptural suspended fireplace making facing a bench anchored in balance. The hearth of the fireplace stretches to the 'meal' space, supporting a row which seems to float at the same height as the 'living room' space, the epicenter kiosk of the rotunda giving access to a terrace via curved sliding windows.