Jamétrie

Transformation of a farm building into housing

The project takes place in a rural hamlet on the outskirts of Nantes. Set in the middle of fields, the hamlet is a former agricultural production site, whose buildings have gradually been converted from productive use to housing.

The 19th-century farm building, set back from a private plot, has been converted into housing. In order to increase the building's habitable volume, an elevation and extension are planned. The dimensions of the existing structure are retained, preserving the formal memory of the existing building as a link between inherited architecture and its contemporary evolution.


We identify the artifacts present on the existing building, conserve them and reinterpret them so that the contemporary construction retains the soul of the old architecture, taking on its characteristics: granite lintel, rebated sashes, non-aligned openings, free opening gauges, rafter overhangs on the roof, natural slate roofing, or traditional lime-sand rendering matching the color of the existing rubble stone pointing.

This project aims to reveal the qualities of an inherited building, bringing a hybrid wood/concrete framework to its architecture, supporting new uses and working on the sequencing of views over a shared domestic garden and the surrounding productive landscape.