WowHaus

1970s Atelier Palegre in Ponsas, southeast France
1970s Atelier Palegre in Ponsas, southeast France (image credit: Architecture de Collection)
I have featured a few projects in the past, but none quite like the 1970s Atelier Palegre in Ponsas, southeast France.
(image credit: Architecture de Collection)
 
Yes, the bubble house concept and the work of architects Pascal Hausermann and Claude Costy. This is a building that would stop anyone in their tracks. But it isn?t quite a house as it stands.
(image credit: Architecture de Collection)
 
The building was designed as a ceramics workshop, and you can see is still laid out for that purpose. Described as a ?large multi-purpose volume?, it currently operates as a workshop, storage room, exhibition room and point of sale for the ceramics produced here. But it doesn?t have to be like that. (image credit: Architecture de Collection)
 
This 1971 design is a space that would lend itself to a variety of uses, whether that?s as a workshop, an events space or, most likely, a quirky place to live. Imagine this laid out as a house. Somewhere very unique to live and a strong possibility for a very Airbnb or other rental too. Who wouldn’t want to spend some time in a building as unique as this"
(image credit: Architecture de Collection)
 
But you would have to work with the house. Those concrete curves are here for the duration.
(image credit: Architecture de Collection)
 
This ?bubble house? is...