Villa Varoise / NADAAA

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  • Design Principal: Nader Tehrani
  • Project Managers: Harry Lowd, RA; Lisa LaCharité
  • Project Team: Rawan Alsane, Tom Beresford, Craig Chapple, Katie Faulkner, Dan Gallagher, John Houser, Ellee Lee, Kevin Lee, Parke MacDowell, Ryan Murphy, Jonathan Palazzolo, Joana Rafael, Caitlin Scott, Tim Wong
  • Associate Architect & Interior Design: BIDARD & RAISSI
  • Furniture Consultants: CORSO EUROPA
  • Home Automation: LIVEWIRE
  • Garden: ATRIUM & ARHAMI
  • General Contractor : MAURO
  • Landscape Architect: Jean Mus
  • Country: France
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Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Exterior Photography
© John Horner

Text description provided by the architects. In the South of France, sited on a hill of olive trees, pinus pinea, and a vineyard, a family retreat was designed with a mission of maintaining the vitality of the site. An agricultural plot, the family’s mission was to cultivate the landscape as part of their stewardship.

Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Exterior Photography, Facade
© John Horner
Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Exterior Photography
© John Horner

The house also needed to respect strict zoning guidelines for regional vernacular materials and construction processes, while leveraging the sloping terrain. This resulted in the integration of landscape and house through the production of a monumental vaulted threshold to a central courtyard. 

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Upper level floor plan
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Lower level floor plan

For centuries, the enclosed courtyard has been overlaid on various geographic settings—each time transformed according to the climate, rituals, and construction practices of the place. A vehicle to capture the outdoors within the building, the courtyard is defined by its interiority.

Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Interior Photography, Windows
© John Horner
Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Interior Photography, Chair, Windows, Beam
© John Horner

The slipped court of this project provides simultaneous interiority and exteriority—protected as well as engaged. The resulting vault is a ruled surface that mediates between the geometry of a stair, the pool, and the living areas above. 

Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Interior Photography
© John Horner
Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Interior Photography
© John Horner

Structurally, the roof is a series of surface-active vaults that produce strong lateral stability. The slope of the vault maximizes the zoning envelope in order to bring in southern light.  Beneath the roof is the primary living, eating, and sleeping spaces. The lower wing is conceived as a street corridor, activated by a reading room and bedrooms that open directly onto the landscape.

Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Exterior Photography, Facade
© John Horner

Many of the living spaces of this house are outdoors, taking advantage of varying views, times of the day, and public vs. private moments. For this reason, the architecture of the house extends into the landscape, retains it, and frames spaces in between.

Villa Varoise / NADAAA - Exterior Photography
© John Horner

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Cite: "Villa Varoise / NADAAA" 21 Aug 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/962720/villa-varoise-nadaaa> ISSN 0719-8884

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