Cabinet médical

The only constraints imposed by the clients were to ensure the privacy of the consulting rooms and the family home. Unlike the layout of the neighbouring houses, the project took up and restructured the entire available land. The effective space was divided diagonally into two sections, a built-up section and a section free of any built-up elements, to preserve the existing trees.
The internal functions are structured according to three angular beams that use distinctive materials, colours and light characteristics: the reception-waiting room area, the passages and the consulting rooms. The selective relationship with the environment, which determines the privacy of the space, is implied by the separation of the “lighting” and “viewing” functions of the façade. In the garden, behind the existing grit-stone wall, the pivoting tip of the building outlines the entrance clearing, marked by opalescent glass panels. A glass strip running along the bottom of the garden façade makes the structure seem to become detached from the ground. This approach provides glimpses of the movements inside, while maintaining the privacy of patients and doctors.