Villa La Sauvageonne is a minimalist villa located in Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, France, designed by studio buonsante, Roque Architectes, and Hugo Rossi. This renovation has been guided by the Genius Loci of an exceptional winegrowing area, blending Languedoc tradition with contemporary language through redefined atmospheres responding to surrounding landscape essence through light, colors, and finishes. The project demonstrates how regional vineyard architecture can adapt to contemporary hospitality requirements while maintaining connection to local winemaking heritage and territorial identity.

The involvement of artists invited to participate in the project, together with custom-designed furniture, makes every space in the house unique. Les Crafties from Sète conceived a vaulted fresco retracing Chateau La Sauvageonne winery mythology while Milan-based designer studio NM3 collaborated on Saint-Pons-de-Thomières marble furniture design. Ceramicist Juliette Perroux from Sète created decorative plates using clay from the site, showcased in the kitchen – the villa’s heart – which reinterprets typical Languedoc fireplace elements.

This collaborative artistic approach demonstrates how architectural renovation can function as curatorial platform where multiple creative practitioners contribute specialized works creating layered cultural narrative beyond single designer’s vision. The site-specific clay plates demonstrate commitment to territorial materials where even decorative elements derive from immediate landscape rather than imported industrial products, establishing material authenticity connecting building to specific place.

The kitchen reinterpreting typical Languedoc fireplace elements demonstrates how regional architectural typologies can inform contemporary spatial design where historical precedents provide formal and functional references adapted to modern cooking and gathering patterns. This approach avoids both literal reproduction and complete abandonment of local building traditions, instead translating essential characteristics into contemporary expressions.