Accommodation
Following a series of renovation measures, Domaine de Boisbuchet can accommodate and feed up to 79 persons. Moreover, the site offers a number of buildings for seminars, presentations, theatre and dance performances and concerts. The excellent infrastructure and the superb natural setting with its wide variety of recreational offerings make Boisbuchet an ideal venue for private festivities, official events and relaxation in the country with a diverse range of possibilities on site and in the surrounding area.
One of the most striking buildings on the grounds is the “dépendance”, which used to house the residence of the estate manager and horse stables. Nowadays it contains 10 roomy apartments, each offering space for up to four people. In addition, the building has three dormitory-type rooms for either 7 or 12 individuals. All the rooms are furnished with antiques and have central heating and bathroom (shower/WC).
Alongside the professional kitchen, a cosy breakfast room makes for a pleasant start to the day. The former horse stables were fitted out with a computer workroom and a gallery. A glassed-in outbuilding is superbly suited for festive receptions and seminars or lectures for up to 50 participants.
Opposite the dépendance is an imposing barn. One of the side wings houses wood and metalworking shops while the other wing contains a room about 30 m long that can be used as a seminar room or for festive events. With 260 m2 of floor space and a ceiling height of 9 m, the central nave of the barn provides an optimal setting for theatre pieces, concerts and dance performances.
Located across from the new building, the oldest structure at Boisbuchet – a farmhouse from the 16th century – accommodates two more apartments for two persons each in the upper storey. Situated in a somewhat outlying position, the bamboo house erected by the Colombian architect Simon Velez enjoys a view of the manor house and the Vienne River. Clad with wood on the outside, the building reveals its full charm in the interior. It contains two apartments (for two persons each, kitchen, shower/WC) with the bamboo structure left exposed on the inside, demonstrating his masterful technique for binding the exotic material.
Simply furnished and set apart from all the activity, two former poultry houses accommodate two persons each.
In addition to the above-mentioned seminar rooms in the dépendance and the barn, the grounds feature a number of other interesting structures. There are two one-storey bamboo buildings likewise constructed by Simon Velez, one of which is glazed on all sides and able to hold up to 40 people.
In 2001, the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban erected a small pavilion in the historic garden at Boisbuchet, whose construction was later duplicated by the architect on the roof of the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2005.
The historic mill building on the river Vienne can also be used for artprojects.
|
