Changing Room and Restroom Pavilion
A quiet line drawn in the dune.
Along the dunes of Brétignolles-sur-Mer, a single gesture rests lightly on the landscape.
This timber pavilion, designed by Magnum Architectes, gathers the minimum needed for public life: a place to change, to find shelter, to dispose of waste. A discreet intervention, it leans into the existing ridges of the dune, adopting their rhythm and modesty.
The cladding recalls the region’s oyster sheds-rough yet intentional. A second skin of vertical battens softens the façade, casting shadows, allowing light, filtering air. Openings are deliber-ate. Nothing is decorative. Each element belongs.
It is a building conceived for dismantling. Its parts are dry-assembled, its materials local. It can disappear without leaving a scar.
And in summer, the structure powers itself, quietly autonomous.
