The New Brevo House by Pedrali
Brevo has given its Parisian headquarters, La Maison Brevo, a major makeover, prioritizing innovation and employee well-being for its 400 staff members. The furnishings, curated by Pedrali, transform the 3,000 sq m of interior and exterior space into dynamic, stimulating environments that foster collaboration and diverse work styles.
Designed by Andrew Walter in Australia, this house is composed of a field of rooms that open up and close down in response to the surrounding landscape. A simple massing focuses the viewers’ attention on the relationship between the house and its environment, providing a compelling street presence. The selective openings of the house create moments of porosity for landscapes to inhabit. These different landscape conditions are responses to the orientation of the space embracing the specific qualities of light, air and space.
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A rough sawn timber used for the exterior reveals a native material quality often erased during manufacturing. This rough and protective boundary embraces the natural variation of the material. Moving through the house, the material texture changes and volumes open up and collide with landscaped spaces that punctuate the plan. Opacity makes way for transparency, privacy for openness and inclusion.
- Project:
- House A
- Location:
- Melbourne, Australia
- Program:
- single family house
- Architect:
- Andrew Walter
- Landscape:
- Lygon Street Nurseries
- Structural engineering:
- Irwin Consult
- Contractor:
- Fido Projects
- Area:
- 240 sqm
- Completion:
- 2017
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