"I was going to walk in my grandfather's footsteps" These were the remarks of architect Renaud Chevallier, owner of Chevallier Architectes, when he agreed to renovate this residence built by architect Henri Chevallier, his grandfather. A contemporary reinterpretation of this chalet in Chamonix, which is also a main residence, two generations later
Building the contemporary by walking in the footsteps of the ancestors. "Aperture," a main chalet-home in Chamonix
"Aperture" in English (which in photography defines the lens aperture through which light passes in order to enter the camera and that like a pupil, opens and closes out to adjust the amount of light) is the name of this chalet, built by a grandfather and renovated today with emotion by his grandson
It is also a meeting, an intense consultation, between the architect and the client; a client committed to being the one dreamed of by every architect: available, reliable, guaranteeing investment and, of course, demanding high standards. Challenges abounded, it was necessary to integrate technological and systems modernity, while keeping the original parts: a heat pump, elaborate home automation, air conditioning, LED lighting; in addition, the firm found itself working with materials it had never used such as leather and brass
The last challenge won by the designers of Chevallier Architectes , was to have achieved the maximum in size for one of the bay windows. Thanks to new technological solutions, they were able to "frame" the views of the surrounding landscape, and the openings were placed in their ideal positions. A permanent frame in a tranquil environment
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