Skate Utopia

François Perrin and Gil Lebon Delapointe have designed the middle ground between a house and a skate park: a dwelling as a continuous surface, skateable from the exterior to the interior.

Los Angeles-based architect François Perrin and skater and designer Gil Lebon Delapointe have completed the project for the PAS House, which seeks to find the middle ground between a house and a skate park. Designed for Etnies shoe brand founder Pierre Andre Senizergues, the fully hybrid structure integrates all the elements of the skatepark within the architecture, offering a continuous surface which can be skated from the exterior to the interior.

Francois Perrin and Gil Lebon Delapointe, <em>PAS House</em> living room prototype — Francois Perrin and Gil Lebon Delapointe, *PAS House* living room prototype

The house is divided into three spaces: a public area with living room, dining, and kitchen; a private area with a bedroom and bath; and a dedicated area for skateboard practice. Each space is fully skateable, as the ground becomes the wall, then ceiling, in a continuous surface that forms a tube with a 3 metre diameter. The furniture, integrated into the curves of the space or freestanding — such as the kitchen dining table — is also fully skateable.

Currently, a prototype of the living room in birch, pine and poplar has been built on the occasion of the 25th anniversay of Etnies. The full house will be completed in the next year. According to Perrin and Delapointe, this non-Euclidean geometric space "creates a new experience of the domestic space, one that is more fluid and dynamic than ever before, and reflective of our 21st century lifestyle."

François Perrin, Gil Lebon Delapointe: PAS House
Architecture: Francois Perrin
Design: Gil Lebon Delapointe
Client: Pierre Andre Senizergues
Year: 2011
House size: 205 square metres
Prototype size: 65 square metres
House materials: Concrete, Steel, Glass,
Prototype materials: Birch, Pine and Poplar
Carpenter: Dante Cacace
House Location: Malibu, California
Prototype Location: Exhibition Public Domaine/Skateboard Culture, La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France, Summer 2011. Project Darwin, Bordeaux, France, 2013

Skate Utopia

François Perrin and Gil Lebon Delapointe have designed the middle ground between a house and a skate park: a dwelling as a continuous surface, skateable from the exterior to the interior.

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