Château de Ferrand

Another singular curiosity is the Orangerie ceiling. It required the involvement of many different trades. Once the wooden framework and roof were in place, the central glass roof was installed. This glass roof is a complete surprise for visitors entering the building: invisible from the outside, it provides an incredible shaft of light. Beneath the glass roof is an oblong wooden ring, which houses a fishnet ceiling. The ceiling is 19 metres long and 5 metres wide. It's made up of long, laser-cut aluminum slats up to 10 metres long. These blades interweave with one another to create thousands of rhombuses forming a sky of varying altimetry. These pieces of metal are painted in a slightly bluish hue and adorned with different lights to illuminate a sky as unexpected as it is joyful.
The effect of the light is controlled by the addition of a fabric under the canopy, which allows the light to bounce around to create a warm halo in each of these lozenges. Each slat was assembled on site, requiring several weeks of meticulous, highly rigorous work.

The renovation had to be carried out to the highest standards, with extreme care taken and constant attention to quality and detail. The materials used were noble: woodwork, leather and parquet flooring were all specially designed and crafted by the finest artisans. For example, the perfect rendering of the dining room walls is the result of multiple layers: undercoat, then decorative rendering in two fresh-on-fresh passes, known as enduit à fresco, produced in the painter's studio and composed of a lime aggregate of marble powder with added natural pigment. A protective matt varnish is then added.
The furniture is designed by our agency. These are either specially created original pieces, or furniture from the Patrick Jouin ID collection. Each piece of custom-designed furniture features coherent shapes and fluid, organic lines, directly inspired by the nature that surrounds the property.