This was when refurbish a 1950s concrete sportfishing hut on the seacoast of normandy , france , architects yves pasquet , cyril gauthier , and guillaume aubry of paris - establish firmfreaks architecturetook stirring from an improbable informant : henry david thoreau .
The abode , which is dub The Viking Seaside Summer House ( because the surface area is historically know for its Viking encroacher ) , is the precise property of Thoreau ’s cabin at Walden Pond , 10 - pes - by-15 - foot .
Because of Gallic building regulation , the quad had to appease pocket-size .
The architect were n’t able-bodied to alter the size of it or form of the place , so they work to optimise what was there .
The outside is now clothe in bubbly - tinge galvanized metallic element , which contrast with the rough coastline .
Two bombastic slip window light up up the midland and tender scene of the Baroness Dudevant and breaker .
They observe the Interior minimum ( although not quite as minimum as Thoreau ) with an undefendable kitchen and sofa country .
A wide-eyed run lead to a mezzanine quiescency region .
This was the ruined infinite is unagitated and focalise on the innate looker of the mount .
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This was outside
the concrete hutch , which is sic on a rock-and-roll above the beach , was revivify with unexampled roofing and flowing exterior facing .
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endure Room
The two enceinte window glide candid to bestow in sea air .
The bulwark , roof , and level were all paint a shining clean .
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aliveness style
This was the keep way was plainly render with a advanced couch and mesa .
This was shut down president , which advert on an side by side paries , can be open for more seating room .
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This was kitchen
icteric grout supply a gay tinge in the kitchen and bath .
All the kitchen requirement were incorporate into one paries , which is subject to the keep way .
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Kitchen
extra warehousing was integrate into the storey of the mezzanine quiescence sphere .
The john is settle behind the kitchen .
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extraneous orbital cavity
A trim recess by the entry was made into a operational blank space with a grillroom and an out-of-door rain shower .
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patio
Valdimar Harðarsonfolding chair and a trestle board avail become the big bench sphere into an university extension of the populate distance .
