JACOU, Languedoc-Roussillon 34830

Faula, "fable" in Occitan, tells the metamorphosis of a mineral and enclosed site into an inhabited landscape, open to its environment. Entirely pedestrian and crossing, Faula favours a human scale where the omnipresent plant preserves the intimacy of each home while inviting encounters and strolls. Does the architecture draw on the imagination of the Mediterranean village? gable tile roofs, warm colours, fragmented volumes? to compose a sober and contemporary writing, naturally anchored in the landscape of Jacou. Faula thus evokes a gentler way of living, where architecture, nature and uses mingle in the same story.