Barbizon
Wooden houses
Fontainebleau Forest, Barbizon
2025 / DELIVERED
Located on the outskirts of the village of Barbizon, the project, designed in collaboration with MA, offers a reinterpretation of peri-urban housing, in contrast to standardized suburban subdivisions. The seven wooden houses that compose it are set within a 2.5-hectare forested estate, at the edge of the Fontainebleau forest.
Each house is conceived as an independent entity, preserving the privacy of its occupants while forming a small collective united by the forest. The notion of a private garden gives way to a shared ground, punctuated by clusters of trees of forest species.
Every existing tree on the site has been preserved and inventoried—its position, size, quality of shade and light, colors, and seasonality—all serving as starting points for the design and positioning of the houses.
Design: ciguë in collaboration with MA
© photo : Maris Mezulis