![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_2.jpg)
Maison Beauvallon by Raphaëlle Segond
Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_top.jpg)
The pool and a ground floor bedroom occupy one part of the two-storey Maison Beauvallon, while an adjoining concrete block accommodates a living room, kitchen and additional bedrooms.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_5.jpg)
The open-plan living room covers the majority of the first floor and opens out to the pool and terrace.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_7.jpg)
Floors throughout the house are of polished concrete.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_8.jpg)
Other French houses on Dezeen include one with stone screens and another with black-painted bricks and larch window frames - see more projects in France here.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_9.jpg)
See also: more stories about swimming pools in our special feature.
Photography is by Philippe Ruault.
The following text is from the architects:
House in Beauvallon, Var (83), France
The first glimpse at this house is a wall of cork which separates the site in two from a North-South diagonal creating a garden along the street for the entrance and a garden on the side of the valley protected from wind and from the sounds of the street.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_10.jpg)
In Beauvallon, the slopes are planning to protect both the sights and the period of sunshine.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_11.jpg)
Actually, houses are arranged in staggered rows leading a way of sight towards mid-day.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_14.jpg)
Three metres above the highest point on the site, the Mediterranean See is in front of us.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_18.jpg)
In fact, seeing the sea from the lounge and the swimming pool was an important request of the client in the program of this house.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_15.jpg)
Thus, at this height, in a forest of oaks and strawberry trees, we dispose the lounge facing the view.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_3.jpg)
And from the lounge we reach the swimming pool which is struggled between two walls of cork.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_12.jpg)
Under the lounge, the natural slope of the site was kept in order to hold the next part of the program : five rooms with individual bathrooms and a kitchen-dining room.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_16.jpg)
Rooms are consuming more than the half of the living surface.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_17.jpg)
They are melted in the natural and built landscape, this way all the bedrooms are crossed and passed through.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_20.jpg)
The continuation is quite simple: concrete, glass, aluminium and rough steel were the only ones materials used in this house.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_19.jpg)
Concrete is used for the structure and floors, walls were confined in wooden boards and floors were polished.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_21.jpg)
Doors and cupboards were made of wood then steel and glass were used for the facades between structure elements.
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_28.gif)
Click above for larger image
Client: private
Type of construction: holiday house of 250 m2 with a swimming pool
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_22.gif)
Click above for larger image
Completion: 2011
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_23.gif)
Click above for larger image
Location: Domaine de Beauvallon, Township of Grimaud (83, France)
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_25.gif)
Click above for larger image
Architect: Raphaëlle Segond, workshop located in Marseilles (13, France)
Project Manager : Jonhattan Inzerillo
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_26.gif)
Concrete & masonry: Paul Ciotta & Fils, maçons
Windows crafters: Maria Aluminium
Electrician: Nicolas Espitalier électricité
![Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond Maison Beauvallon by Raphaelle Segond](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_Maison-Beauvallon-by-Raphaelle-Segond_27.gif)