Pitsou Kedem Architects : Float House

A Tel-Aviv, en Israel, l’agence Pitsou Kedem Architects a récemment livré la "Float House", une création qui semble repousser les limites de l’intégration architecturale. Cette grande maison de plain-pied est conçue comme un espace ouvert et continu, aux lignes simples qui se reflètent dans l'eau environnante.

Cet espace totalement ouvert se couvre de deux longs toits fins soutenus par un unique pilier central. Tout autour, les espaces à vivre se développent sans obstacle, le dehors devient dedans et inversement. Seules de larges baies vitrées coulissantes et des murs en persienne viennent délimiter les différentes zones. La modularité y est maximale, et le verre, le basalte lisse et lattes de bois sont presque les seuls matériaux mis en œuvre.
Pour répondre au climat, l’habitation est entourée d’eau qui semble circuler librement entre les pièces, serpentant sur le sol de béton tel un ruisseau. Avec ses larges ouvertures de verre, ses toits en porte-à-faux et ses matériaux élégants, la maison se reflète dans le scintillement des eaux, et semble flotter à la surface, rencontre étonnante entre construction et nature.

Sur ce projet, l’agence Pitsou Kedem Architects précise :

"A one story, private residence in the center of the country. The architectural concept was to create a structure with a continuous, wide space, divided by internal courtyards and movable partitions into smaller spaces used for a variety of different functions.

The different spaces and internal courtyards are joined together are joined together into one structure by two, ultra-thin roofs supported at one central point so that seem to float in the air. The two roofs merge, one into the other and extend for five meters over the building front walls. The entire roof is constructed from lightweight materials and, in order to provide a thin, wispy look at its edges, it is constructed with a moderate slop towards its center.

The structure itself is constructed from a series of spaces that are conceivably internal and conceivably external spaces. The entrance is framed with a wall of wooden slats which constitute what could be considered the initial boundary between the outside and the inside.

When entering the space, we pass through a space resembling an entrance lobby – again, conceivably internal and conceivably external – which embodies the soft seam between the outside and inside areas.

Whilst walking through the entrance lobby space, we cross a transparent pool, studded with large basalt rocks and trees that seem to float on the water. As we enter the entrance lobby, we experience the illusion that the house is floating and being reflected, just as the roof appears to be floating above the structures walls.

A ribbon window running along the building’s facades serves to emphasize the roof floating above the structure walls and cancels out the feeling of mass that its size suggests. A long, narrow reflection pool follows the structure’s walls, reflecting and emphasizing their covering and texture."

Architecture : Pitsou Kedem architects 
Design team: Pitsou Kedem, Raz Melamed, Irene Goldberg 
Photographies: Amit Geron 

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