Working with a budget of €650,000 and a desire to bypass "outdated planning regulations," Paris-based architects Djuric Tardio envisioned a new kind of family home in suburbia. The result? A thoroughly modern, 3,000-square-foot prefab house that took two weeks to assemble on site:
Photography via Djuric Tardio.
Above: Shaped like a peaked pergola, the roof extends to cover a second floor terrace, providing shade and creating an open-air dormer.
Rapid development in the 20th century created architectural eclecticism in Antony, a southern suburb of Paris, setting the stage for architects Djuric Tardio to imagine a new kind of modern family house.
Above: Facing the street, stainless steel mirrored panels mounted on the facade reflect surrounding greenery.
Wall and roof panels, made from wood sourced sustainably from Finnish forests, were built offsite and then transported intact to the clients' property, where they were assembled atop a stone foundation.
Above: The mirrored panels are a blank slate to reflect nature as the surroundings change seasonally.
Above: The oversized windows and patio are scaled to capture as much sunlight and warmth as possible in dark winter months.
Above: The pergola above turns the second floor balcony "into a vegetated terrace, intimate and sunny," the architects note. "The choice of plants proposed for the landscape—grasses and vines on the pergola, including fruit (kiwi, squash, grapes)—will allow owners to enjoy a vegetable garden suspended above ground."
Above: Insulated with wood fiber, the pre-cut panels for the facade "arrived at the site almost finished, reducing pollution to a minimum," the architects said, a plus because "the site is located in a dense suburban fabric."
Above: The pergola roof creates an intimate open-air lounge area on the terrace.
Above: Planter boxes (visible at the edge of the terrace) are irrigated with rainwater collected on site.
Above: Built for a blended family, the interior of the house has a modular and flexible design.
Above: Sliding partitions create flexible indoor space to wall off the library or open up the floor plan as needed.
For more prefab houses, see:
- A Modular Danish Summerhouse—Ready to Go in Six Months.
- Beach Cabins from Sommarnöjen.
- A 290-Square-Foot House Built for Two.
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