Atelier Esterel

Architecture & interiors
French Riviera

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La Villa des roches

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Saint-Raphaël

Belonging to the land.

Low terraced villa in mineral red render and local stone among pines and red rocks
Fictional project — AI-generated image. Location and area proposed for this concept study.

Concept study — Atelier Esterel

Programme
Villa & landscape
Proposed area
310 m²
Materials
Estérel stone, mineral render, patinated metal

A family home stepping down the hillside, close to the landscape of the Estérel.

The intention

The house is composed of low volumes that follow the contours. Its mineral red colour echoes the rock. Roofs become lines within the landscape; terraces become rooms under the open sky.

What design brings

Careful siting brings coherence to the land and character to the house. Each level connects directly to the outdoors, making a steep hillside feel effortless to inhabit.

Inside and out. Five views of one place.

Shaded terrace beneath a red-rendered overhang, edged by local stone and steps descending toward the scrubland and sea.
02 / 05The hillside terrace
Living room with mineral-red walls, linen sofas and a rough stone table facing broad glazing, terraced gardens and the sea.
03 / 05Living room rooted in the rock
Two pale stone steps meet a wooden bench between a red-stone wall and glazing framing the planted terraces.
04 / 05A step through the rock
Bedroom in red render and pale stone, with a linen bed and a terrace enclosed by local stone overlooking an olive tree and the coast.
05 / 05Bedroom by the rock garden

Fictional project. All five views are AI-generated images.

La Villa des roches

Low terraced villa in mineral red render and local stone among pines and red rocks

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The next place

Les Heures claires

Cap d’Antibes — Guest house

The whole collection
Mediterranean guest house with a curved loggia, striped shades and a garden around a small pool

Let us give your ideas a shape

Every place begins
with a conversation.

A plot of land, a house to reimagine, a pied-à-terre.
Tell us what you have in mind.

Write to Steven Direct contact — Steven Guigoz / MIWA

From the Estérel to Cap d’Antibes.
Conversations in French and English.