100% Wooden House | 2020, Matthieu Boustany, France

Architects: LOCAL (Matthieu Boustany, Benoist Desfonds) + Suphasidh Architects
Site architect: Isabelle Poulain Architecte
Client: Château De La Bourdaisière - France Bois Forêt - Caisse Des Dépôts
Photographer: Atelier Vincent Hecht

The project questions the flexibility and the usage of wood; it aims to modify the traditional codes of the individual housing. The prototype dwelling is fed on research, experiments and discoveries made over time.

We confronted a search for spatial qualities that would change our idea of a living space while exploring wooden construction systems.
By wrapping the programs around a central core, we generated a generous and continuous volume. The interior topography gives a hierarchy to the different usage: standing in the kitchen to face the view; seating on the window height in the living room; a slope as a sofa; the bedroom on the higher level to guarantee its privacy while generating a covered terrace below it. Every volumetric move creates a new opportunity.

We brought together technical solutions that links the origins of construction to today's high-tech industry with a short supply chain within 60km for most elements of the house.