{"id":362771,"date":"2026-03-28T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/362771\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:56:09","slug":"studio-razavi-adds-circular-conversation-pit-to-coastal-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/362771\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Razavi adds circular conversation pit to coastal home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A circular conversation pit sits at the heart of Seaside House, the renovation of a 1930s coastal cabin near Bordeaux<\/a> by Studio Razavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Studio Razavi<\/a> updating the 1930s cabin, which is nestled among pine trees at the tip of the Cap Ferret headland on the Atlantic coast, for contemporary living.<\/p>\n

Driven by the idea of creating an uninterrupted flow through the centre of Seaside House, the studio removed all of the cabin’s central partition walls to create a single, open living space, which opens out onto a decked terrace at either side.<\/p>\n

\"FrenchStudio Razavi updated a coastal home in France<\/p>\n

“The local lifestyle revolves around constantly moving in and out of houses, which led us to opt for a centrally sunken living room that creates a circulation flow all around,” project architects Guillen Berniolles and Michele Sacchi told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“All existing partitions were demolished, leaving the building’s envelope untouched so a circle \u2013 the living room \u2013 could be placed at the centre of the house, surrounded by bedrooms,” they continued.<\/p>\n

“Sinking the living area was important so it would be clearly delineated without interrupting views across the building, from one facade to the other.”<\/p>\n

\"SeasideThe studio added a circular conversation pit<\/p>\n

Around the edge of this circular conversation pit, a low wall integrates elements that support the surrounding dining and kitchen areas, including a sink and storage units.<\/p>\n

A pale concrete floor, white walls and oak carpentry bring a light, airy feel to the central space, while to the north a gently curved section of wall follows the curve of the central seating area.<\/p>\n

\"ConversationThe pit sits at the heart of the open-plan living space<\/p>\n

The three en-suite bedrooms on either side of Seaside House’s living area feature similar finishes, with windows overlooking the home’s terrace and skylights in the bathrooms.<\/p>\n

“Because everything is built directly on sand, floors are poured-in-place concrete to avoid joints and simplify maintenance,” explained Berniolles and Sacchi.<\/p>\n

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Studio Razavi completes “introspective” Apartment XVII in historic Lyon neighbourhood\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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“Most furniture pieces are solid wood or veneer, directly referencing this region, home to France’s largest forest and Europe’s largest man-made forest,” they added.<\/p>\n

To the west of the main cabin, a smaller guest bedroom annexe is housed in a new, standalone volume clad in dark timber to blend with the surrounding tree trunks.<\/p>\n

\"MinimalistThe home contains three en-suite bedrooms<\/p>\n

Studio Razavi was founded by architect Alireza Razavi and has offices in London, Paris and New York.<\/p>\n

Previous projects by the studio include the renovation of an apartment in a historic Lyon neighbourhood,<\/a> and a Spanish tapas bar and restaurant in New York informed by a market in Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Simone Bossi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A circular conversation pit sits at the heart of Seaside House, the renovation of a 1930s coastal cabin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,136943,446,85,46,17148,451,448,449,140789,175147],"class_list":{"0":"post-362771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-french-houses","15":"tag-houses","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-renovations","19":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectionarchitecture","22":"tag-sectionexclusives","23":"tag-studio-razavi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}