The competition for the design of the ecological neighborhood of Le Vecquerie includes the construction of 250 housing units, individual and semi-collective. On the site assigned for the building, by a wooded area on a slope facing south and the sea, the need for housing should not interfere with the existing elements: the topography, the rich variety of plant life or the presence of an abandoned building.

The project is based on the coexistence and interweaving of two systems – the woods and the human habitat – that are superposed here. This approach determines a series of guidelines: the conservation of the natural features of the terrain, the maintenance and protection of plant life, and minimizing the waterproof surfaces in order to reduce the building footprint. For this reason the building rises above the ground and the vegetation. At a height of fifteen meters above grade, the volume accommodates the new dwellings, which seem to float over the treetops, letting the terrain stretch uninteruptedly beneath the house so that the forest can continue to grow and the users can collectively take care of its maintenance and preservation.