Villa dall'Ava

Architect: OMA
Place: Saint-Cloud, France
Completed / opened: 1991
Type: House

Published by ArchDaily

Completed: 1991

Published project facts ↗

© Peter Aaron (OTTO) — © Peter Aaron (OTTO) · Published project source
© Peter Aaron (OTTO)

Separate apartment volumes, a shared glazed living level and a roof-top pool turn a family brief into an unusual section.

AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Beam, Handrail — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Beam, Handrail

AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Facade — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Facade

AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Facade — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Facade

AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Windows — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Windows

© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA — © Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA · Published project source
© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA

© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA — © Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA · Published project source
© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA

© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA — © Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA · Published project source
© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA

© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA — © Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA · Published project source
© Hans Werlemann, courtesy OMA

Garden Level Plan © OMA — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Garden Level Plan © OMA

AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Column, Beam — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Column, Beam

AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Facade — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
AD Classics: Villa dall'Ava / OMA - Facade

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Villa dall'Ava — project image — Peter Aaron (OTTO) and Hans Werlemann / OMA, with individual credits in ArchDaily · Published project source
Villa dall'Ava — project image

Research notes

Separate apartment volumes, a shared glazed living level and a roof-top pool turn a family brief into an unusual section.

Look at how the spaces relate to the slope and the distant city. The distinction between separate rooms and shared life is expressed through the building's stacked and offset volumes.

What the sources do not establish

Completed in 1991; OMA dates the project from 1984 to 1991.
Photographs document the published source account; later alterations are not a claim about the original completion date.

Sources & evidence

ArchDaily - published project and gallery
Project identity, architecture and credited photographs
Original date reference
Completed in 1991; OMA dates the project from 1984 to 1991.

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