Located on the southern edge of the village of Dippach, this house brings together a family home and a photography studio under one roof. The project responds simultaneously to two distinct conditions: to the north, the relationship with the village and the public realm; to the south, the opening towards a broad landscape of rolling cultivated hills.

The organisation of the building emerges directly from this dual context. The photography studio forms the base of the project. Its dimensions, defined by the spatial requirements of photographic practice and the precise control of natural and artificial light, create a large open structure upon which the living spaces are arranged.

The different levels follow the natural slope of the site. The bedrooms are located to the north, where their more private character and orientation call for smaller, more controlled openings. In contrast, the living spaces open generously to the south, extending the house towards the landscape. All three levels benefit from abundant natural light, while the façades gradually adjust their degree of transparency according to the privacy and function of each space.

The project is based on a fully prefabricated construction system. The lower level is built with insulated precast concrete wall panels, while large glued laminated timber portal frames span the full width of the photography studio, creating flexible, column-free living spaces above. This structural system makes it possible to create a nine-metre-wide panoramic opening overlooking the surrounding landscape.

The untreated larch cladding recalls the agricultural buildings of the region. Over time, its silvery-grey patina allows the house to blend naturally into the village skyline, where it enters into dialogue with the mineral volumes and slate roofs of the surrounding buildings. The project demonstrates how contemporary architecture can grow from the qualities of a site, its light and its landscape, rather than from the formal reproduction of vernacular architecture.