Hameau de Castellaras-le-Neuf

Castellaras-le-Neuf (Mouans-Sartoux, Alpes-Maritimes), An organic “house-sculpture” ensemble by architect Jacques Couëlle. Conceived after his earlier Castellaras hamlet (≈90 luxury second homes completed in 1964), the follow-on plan envisioned ~50 new villas, but only five prototypes were finally built. The houses are poured-concrete forms that hug the slope, with roof-gardens, small irregular openings, colored glazing, and sculpted details that blend into the natural site. Recognized today under France’s Architecture contemporaine remarquable program (previously labeled “Patrimoine du XXe siècle”).