Pile ou Face Houses / TANK Architectes

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Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
  • Architects: TANK Architectes: TANK Architectes / Olivier Camus & Lydéric Veauvy
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  365
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008
  • Photographs

Text description provided by the architects. The project takes its origin when two couples of friends bought two semi-detached plots and tossed them up. Their will to build two twin houses that match together give a particular feature to the project.

Pile ou Face Houses / TANK Architectes - Facade, Windows
© Pierre Manuel Rouxel

The two houses are made of interlinked volumes which allow each of them not to have direct views on the other but to take advantage of a detached house in town.

Pile ou Face Houses / TANK Architectes - Windows, Garden, Courtyard
© Pierre Manuel Rouxel

On the street side oriented north, the house is established 5 meters back from the street. The 1st floor-room is built in an awkward position that creates a canopy sheltered from rain ans gives to the room natural light from the western window.

Pile ou Face Houses / TANK Architectes - Table, Chair
© Pierre Manuel Rouxel

The houses are planned around a cross, transparent place which has a vocation to distribute the different functions of the house : stairs, the transparent corridor on the 1st floor, the patio which enlightens the bathroom and offers a view towards the sky.

Pile ou Face Houses / TANK Architectes - Windows, Facade
© Pierre Manuel Rouxel

The way the two families took possession of the places, the living spaces and their gardens make everybody feel like living in a single house while in a semidetached!

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Cite: "Pile ou Face Houses / TANK Architectes" 24 Oct 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/38713/pile-ou-face-houses-tank-architectes> ISSN 0719-8884

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