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A Bioclimatic House is a private residence renovated by Patrice Bideau Architecte. It is located in Port of Saint Goustan, France. 

In 2010, the plan started out as a house renovation. However, when it was discovered that the state of the existing dwelling rendered this impossible, demolition and reconstruction became the point of departure for a new project. The building plot is situated in a conservation area made up of medieval townhouses and various other period buildings overlooking the historic port of Saint Goustan where a famous historical figure, Benjamin Franklin, landed in 1776. 

The owners chose to build an ecological, passive house which would respect both Feng Shui principles and local town planning regulations. The advice of the architect was to comply with upcoming energy consumption regulations and to build according to organic architectural precepts as laid out by Frank LLOYD WRIGHT in 1939 : “Nor cherishing any preconceived form fixing upon us either past, present or future but instead exalting the simple laws of common sense or of super sense if you prefer, determining form by way of the nature of materials.”../...

"A Bioclimatic House is a private residence renovated by Patrice Bideau Architecte. It is located in Port of Saint Goustan, France .../...“

In 2010, the plan started out as a house renovation. However, when it was discovered that the state of the existing dwelling rendered this impossible, demolition and reconstruction became the point of departure for a new project. The building plot is situated in a conservation area made up of medieval townhouses and various other period buildings overlooking the historic port of Saint Goustan where a famous historical figure, Benjamin Franklin, landed in 1776. The owners chose to build an ecological, passive house which would respect both Feng Shui principles and local town planning regulations. 

The advice of the architect was to comply with upcoming energy consumption regulations and to build according to organic architectural precepts as laid out by Frank LLOYD WRIGHT in 1939 : “Nor cherishing any preconceived form fixing upon us either past, present or future but instead exalting the simple laws of common sense or of super sense if you prefer, determining form by way of the nature of materials.” ../...