As part of the National Monuments Centre’s programme to improve visitor reception areas, the project involves creating a temporary pavilion to accompany the gradual reopening of the Villa Cavrois, an emblematic work by Robert Mallet-Stevens then undergoing restoration. While awaiting the final conversion of the gatekeeper’s house, this temporary building brings together the visitor reception areas and the administrative spaces needed for the site’s operation.
Located at the edge of the plot, facing the villa, the pavilion stands on the visitor’s arrival axis. Its north façade acts as a signage surface, visible from the villa terrace and designed to naturally guide visitors. Using converted shipping containers allowed a rapid response to the brief while providing the modularity needed for a transitional facility.
Their staggered arrangement creates several spatial features: a cantilever marking the entrance, a covered terrace opening onto the villa, and an upper terrace framing a viewpoint from the street. The project supports the visitor’s approach to the monument by offering clear, simple reception spaces consistent with the temporary nature of the intervention.
As part of the National Monuments Centre’s programme to improve visitor reception areas, the project involves creating a temporary pavilion to accompany the gradual reopening of the Villa Cavrois, an emblematic work by Robert Mallet-Stevens then undergoing restoration. While awaiting the final conversion of the gatekeeper’s house, this temporary building brings together the visitor reception areas and the administrative spaces needed for the site’s operation.
Located at the edge of the plot, facing the villa, the pavilion stands on the visitor’s arrival axis. Its north façade acts as a signage surface, visible from the villa terrace and designed to naturally guide visitors. Using converted shipping containers allowed a rapid response to the brief while providing the modularity needed for a transitional facility.
Their staggered arrangement creates several spatial features: a cantilever marking the entrance, a covered terrace opening onto the villa, and an upper terrace framing a viewpoint from the street. The project supports the visitor’s approach to the monument by offering clear, simple reception spaces consistent with the temporary nature of the intervention.
Architecture Design Nomade, associates
BET Choulet, fluids
BMF, economist
