RENOVATING A TOWN HOUSE INTO THE TARDETS TOURIST OFFICE (64)
The community of Soule Xiberoa villages and the Haute Soule tourist office decided to develop their tourism by transforming the former home of Dr Elisseche in Tardets (64) into a tourist centre for the Soule Valley.
This town house boasts an extraordinary location as it stands right in the village square.
The programme identifies three spaces :
-The ground floor, mainly glass, information space connects right through the building, opening on to an outdoor
terrace leading to a viewpoint looking over the river and the orchard below.
-Administrative premises on the first floor with offices and common areas for group work.
-An exhibition space on the top level, under the restored wooden framework.
The two public entities ( host and scenography ) are visually connected by the porch , triple height table veritable hall of the house. This link is accentuated by the presence of a staircase materializing the relationship between the bottom and the top.
Ultimately the project aims through a rational organization, horizontal and vertical permeability of the building. Visitors are invited to the course without implementing heavy signage.
