An invitation to travel. A subtle lodge, in the colours of water and shades of sky painted by Philippe Borderieux during his descent from the Nile. A work composed of 20 paintings to read in the sense you choose. A swan comes to land on a wall sometimes at night, a sleeper may also accompany you in your dreams… Here you enjoy the whole universe of the painter, and even one of his first sculptures. The discreet decoration, of thyme green velvet and golden brass, the private spa with jacuzzi AND sauna on the terrace offer you physical and mental comfort for a unique experience.
An invitation to travel. A subtle lodge, in the colours of water and shades of sky painted by Philippe Borderieux during his descent from the Nile. A work composed of 20 paintings to read in the sense you choose. A swan comes to land on a wall sometimes at night, a sleeper may also accompany you in your dreams… Here you enjoy the whole universe of the painter, and even one of his first sculptures. The discreet decoration, of thyme green velvet and golden brass, the private spa with jacuzzi AND sauna on the terrace offer you physical and mental comfort for a unique experience.
The benefits of a hotel in the trees
Our lodges have the layout of a hotel suite, bringing you the same level of hospitality, comfort and service you would expect from a hotel. With a living area of 35 sq. m, nestled 4m high in the trees, all of our lodges are fitted with a fully equipped bathroom, Italian shower, separate toilets, and mini bar with hot and cold drinks to satisfy your desires at any time of the day. Each lodge extends into a 25 sq. m terrace that includes a private spa. Only “Efflorescences”, our lodge adapted for people with reduced mobility (PRM), is on the ground. It offers 2 terraces, one of which is above a pond, and has a complete spa: sauna and massaging jacuzzi. Everything has been designed to ensure complete privacy and allow you to fully immerse yourselves in nature.
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Design, brightness and openness
- Architecte : Isabelle Poulain
- Construction and Cladding : Rémi Becherel - Nid Perché
- Stairs : Laurent Garreau - Le Terrier
“Light, osmosis with the forest, transparency, space” inspired the design of our 18 lodges. Built on stilts, from wood species present in the surrounding forest – douglas, chestnut, oak – our lodges are real, warm and cosy suites. Their large windows and open terraces, equipped with a private spa, promote an harmonious dialogue between the interiors and the forest. And for the final touch, each lodge has been designed by a contemporary artist.
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Equipements
- King size bed
- Mini bar
- Heating system
- Double basin
- Standing Mirror
- Walk-in shower
- Hospitality products
- Indoor dining area
- Outdoor dining area
- Towels & Bathrobes
- Separate toilets
- Outdoor furniture
- Hair dryer
- Safety deposit box
- Cloakroom with walk-in closet
- Walkie-Talkie
- Ecological wooden speaker
- Flashlight
- Kettle
- Fresh herbs for infusions
- Espresso machine
- Jacuzzi
A relaxing Soak
Alone in the world… Slip into hot, enveloping water directly on your terrace, whenever you wish. A timeless moment of intimacy and relaxation.
Digital Detox
You will nevertheless find:
- a walkie-talkie in your room, connected to the reception, for all your requests
- a free WiFi connection and a large screen in the common areas of the hotel
Walk or not
Walking is the best way to get around and explore our forest and the woods that surround it (the W.H.O recommends 10,000 steps a day to be healthier!). However, electric carts are provided for ease of travel, in case of necessity or a momentary lack of energy… here everything is allowed.
Interview
Philippe Borderieux
Plastic Artist
Tell us what motivated you to join this project, how did you draw inspiration from the space and the nature around it ?
Nature has always been present in my life and in my pictorial work. Whether in my "burned gardens" or in my last canvases of forest, I have always loved and lived nature. So this project necessarily involves me and speaks to me. As I live and work in the heart of Paris, the idea of offering - to demanding people like me when it comes to their comfort and pleasure - a real setting to rest in the heart of nature... great! then inevitably I was convinced from the first contact with this lodge in the heart of the forest and am very impatient to go and spend weekends on the spot !
How did you chose the work of art that dress the Lodge ?
I chose with Anne-Caroline the works that spoke to her and told a story. I wanted to offer a journey through these paintings. A journey to the land of the subtle colours of the Nile and its shores, a journey to the land of nuances as one can experience by looking at the colours of nature present through the immense windows of this lodge. A journey in light too. A multitude of canvases that compose a work around a common trunk that is the Nile in which flows water, vital... as a multitude of leaves that compose a tree around a trunk, in which circulates sap, vital...
Biography
A multitude of canvases that compose a work around a common trunk that is the Nile in which flows water, vital... as a multitude of leaves that compose a tree around a trunk, in which circulates sap, vital...
Philippe Borderieux is a visual artist, born in 1952 in Bourges. He is a graduate of the Ecole Normale de Cachan, and teaches from the beginning of his career as a painter at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Caen. Nature is at the heart of Borderieux’s work ; it offers the artist a wide repertoire of signs that form the basis of a universal and elementary system of shapes and colours,” recalls Jean-François Mozziconacci (Chief Heritage Officer).
Through the use of various mediums – painting, drawing and ceramics -, which he considers to be complementary, Philippe Borderieux restores the atmosphere of the garden, in an impetus of freshness and fruitfulness. In a confined and reassuring space, it expresses, through biffurs and overlappings, the abundance of nature and its constant renewal. He thus reveals buried memories of the banks of the Loire, the place of his childhood. In this way a whole set of emotions and daydreams develop, in a tamed nature, echoing the myths of the enchanted island.
In a sense, its point of view responds to a genuine archaeological approach, since he transcribed the image of a charred nature, as a reminiscence of his childhood. His work then becomes a true «conservatory of emotions». He writes quite rightly: «I have transformed the landscapes of my life into an herbarium of the before world in the workshop». His interest in faded flowers is a perfect illustration of this; he confides himself “it is what I no longer look at that I like”.
His artistic approach reveals a great deal of spontaneity in the representation of this plant universe. He made several paintings in a row, in an almost frantic movement, a handful of lead pencils, which he let go freely. He talks about, more than he does, a reality. He talks about “exhaustion sessions”, which he justifies by the instinctive force that invades him when he is at work.
Philippe, if you were...
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A forest of the world, you would be...
The forest of Tronçais
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A tree, you would be...
A birch
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A part of this tree...
Its white bark
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A forest dweller, you would be...
The hermit
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A season, you would be...
Spring
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A mushroom, you would be...
An edible mushroom is better! ...a sheep’s foot
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A wind, you would be...
Trade winds
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A smell, you would be...
The smell jasmin
