Low angle shot of a detail, south façade of building 5

The leaves at the top of the trees mingle with the motifs of the stones. “The stones had to become similar to the pointillism of the leaves, because we had to make the façades disappear… All this was the result of my research on skin and color. […] The promontory of the Villa Arson was a green mass that had to be preserved from the uncontrolled urban densification. The material of the walls then had to be blurred into that of the leaves. By decorating it with tumbled stones from the Var, the idea was also to remain faithful to materials from the area, to its mineral history, and to create a place where architecture would not impinge upon the urban space. I would have preferred somewhat less gray stones but I must say that they have warmed up with the dust of time” (Michel Marot).