A social landlord has placed an order with us for a set of 14 housing units for travellers. The land is located on the outskirts of Dijon, between an industrial zone and fields of crops. It was not serviced, the networks and roads had to be created. The request included four housing units comprising a living unit - lounge/living room/kitchen plus toilet and bathroom. We consider that the family is in the process of settling down, an awning shelters the caravan, a place of meditation for the night. Ten three-room housing units are added to the program.

We propose a reinterpretation of a very common typology in peasant vernacular architecture - the farmhouse - while using materials with an industrial connotation, in continuity with the built context. The houses are installed perpendicular to the street, on the property boundary and open onto the plot. The peasant farmhouse frames the courtyard, leaving a central space necessary for the maneuvering of agricultural vehicles. We have the same need here, not for the maneuvering of agricultural machinery, but for the maneuvering of caravans.

The single-slope corrugated roofs overhang, allowing a sheltered outdoor passage along the facades. For each house, we offer in addition to the program a covered polycarbonate space of 46.6 m². The houses are scalable, the awnings can easily become habitable spaces, it is enough to create facade walls and insulate the roofs.