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Holiday cottage in Freyneux

A holiday cottage for eleven, set within the landscape like a contemporary farmhouse.
Along the Crahay road in Freyneux, the site slopes gently down towards the valley. The reading of the site guided the layout: identifying the flattest area, building parallel to the road, and ensuring a coherent transition with the existing building that already marks this landscape. The program (a holiday cottage accommodating eleven people) is organised into two distinct volumes, a main building and an annex, both drawing from the region’s agricultural typology: steeply pitched roofs, dark vertical timber cladding, and a local stone base. Discreet from the road, these volumes open widely towards the landscape and the valley, offering occupants generous communal spaces on the ground floor and grouped bedrooms upstairs, within a simple and serene geometry.
Type : Hospitality
Surface : ~310 m²

Year : 2026

Location : Freyneux, Belgium

Find its place

Before drawing, it was necessary to read the landscape: its slopes, its views, its relationship to the road and to the neighboring building. The project is set on the flattest area of the site, parallel to the Crahay road, in a natural transition with the existing built structure: an implantation that seems as though it has always been there.

Two barns, one gesture

The programme is divided into two volumes, the main building and the annex, both drawing from the traditional barn its silhouette: a steeply pitched roof, vertical timber cladding, and a stone base. This typological lineage anchors the project in its territory, while giving it a sober and contemporary presence.

A collective space

On the ground floor, a large shared living space, including the living room, kitchen, and dining area, opens onto the terrace and the landscape. Upstairs, the bedrooms are arranged along a simple circulation route, each with its own privacy, designed to accommodate a group of eleven people in comfort and conviviality.

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