#p.002

i wish you could see what you look like when your smile is rounded and full and when the sun hits your hair just right eyes alight with laughter and joy

i wish you could see what you look like when the moon bathes your skin  and when your eyelashes cast shadows  against your cheekbones, lush and dark

i wish you could see what you look like asleep; your chest pushing and pulling like tidal waves, fingers twitching and mouth parted slightly agape

i wish you could see what you look like when saltwater makes telltale trails against the sullen pallor of your skin and your fists are curled against your side 

i wish you could see what you look like to me

The existing ensemble of Les Fauvettes is situated at the top of a hill on the border of the village of Montagny, surrounded by the exceptional landscape of the Broye. It conforms a well proportionate ensemble around a hard patio that needs to be transformed and extended.

The existing ensemble is carefully refurbished to host the new uses without disturbing the original image. The extension configures a faceted building lower than the existing, a folded volume that generates a secluded private courtyard as an extension of the landscape. Each of these folds hosts a cluster of rooms facing the scenery and allows the inhabitants to create small communities around common niches.

design: Focketyn del Rio studio  

structure: Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure  

facade: x-made