The house is contemporary, with exposed brick walls and a double-height space under a mezzanine. The heater acts as a partition: it sits in the opening between the living room and the next room, and reads as a matt white volume set between two brick piers.
On the living-room side, the mass extends into a wide bench — a solid seat at bench height, whose surface stays warm long after the fire has gone out. The sloping backrest is not decoration: it takes up the thickness of the mass and makes the seat comfortable without a cushion.
The firebox is see-through: the same burn can be watched from both sides. This is the choice that justifies the position — a masonry heater placed in a single room heats a single room, whereas here the mass radiates symmetrically on either side of the partition.
On both faces, flush discs close the cleaning doors. They are rendered in the same shade as the mass and are barely noticeable: maintenance was planned at the design stage, not added afterwards.
Delivered in 2024, in the Nord département.
