Artist Studio, L'Haÿ-les-Roses

Residential — L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France

Larch-clad artist studio with Japanese-inspired garden, stone water basin and young maple trees, L'Haÿ-les-Roses

Scope

Architecture
Timber-frame construction
Vegetalised green roof
Garden & landscape design
Interior design
Site supervision

A complete wood construction with a vegetalised roof, built as an artist studio in the garden of an old house outside Paris. The new volume is entirely timber — structure, frame and vertical larch cladding — set low against the existing masonry house and wrapped in a planted sedum roof that reads as a fifth façade from the upper floors. Full-height glazed folding doors dissolve the boundary between studio and garden, while inside the raw concrete floor, exposed timber beams and lime-plastered walls keep the light soft and the atmosphere entirely working.

Larch-clad artist studio with Japanese-inspired garden, stone water basin and young maple trees — The studio from the garden — larch cladding, water basin and planted roof beyond.

Aerial view of the timber studio with planted roof beside the old ivy-covered house — The new timber volume, set against the existing house.

Larch-clad artist studio wrapping a garden courtyard with pine tree and stone water basin — Courtyard view with pine tree and stone water basin.

Wide garden view of the larch-clad studio with stepping-stone path, pines and stone basin — The studio held in the garden — larch volumes, stepping stones and stone basin.

The timber studio at night, glowing from within across the dark garden — By night — the studio glows across the garden.

Larch-clad studio seen from the garden path with pine tree in the foreground — Vertical larch cladding, weathering with the garden.

Planted sedum roof of the timber studio seen from above with garden beyond — The vegetalised roof — a fifth façade.

Folding glazed doors open from the studio interior onto the garden terrace — Folding doors open the studio to the garden.

Terrace with bistro table looking back at the ivy-clad house — The terrace, held between old and new.

Living room with wood stove, oak floor and large framed Chinese painting — Living room in the existing house.

Dining nook with timber banquette, shelves and red glass pendant — Dining nook and bespoke timber banquette.

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