Practice
OMA
Project Architect / Lead Partner
Rem Koolhaas
BUILDING
Bordeaux House
City
Bordeaux
Country
France
Completion
1998
YY
98
CLIENT
-
CONSULTANTS
Arup (Structure), Maarten van Severen and Raf de Preter (Fitted furnishing and mobile platform), Michel Régaud (Technical assistance), Robert-Jan van Santen (Facade), Vincent de Rijk (Bookcase), Gerard Couillandeau (Hydraulics), Inside Outside (Interior)
Storey
3
STATUS
Completed
PROGRAM
Residential
ARCHITECT'S
The Maison à Bordeaux is a private residence of three floors on a cape-like hill overlooking Bordeaux. The lower level is a series of caverns carved out from the hill, designed for the most intimate life of the family; the ground floor on garden level is a glass room – half inside, half outside – for living; and the upper floor is divided into a children's and a parents' area. The heart of the house is a 3x3.5m elevator platform that moves freely between the three floors, becoming part of the living space or kitchen or transforming itself into an intimate office space, and granting access to books, artwork, and the wine cellar. (© OMA)
COLLECTION
DFW
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