Pine Nut Cabane

Built in collaboration with French cabin company, Moustache Bois, daab design has elevated a simple eco retreat with quality materials and design interventions to create a serene space offering understated luxury.

daab design conceived the cabin as a flexible guest studio or arts space for a multigenerational, international family, celebrating their clients’ favourite location on the large rural property through the trinity of light, views and materials.

The floorplan of Pine Nut Cabane has been designed as one space separated by a central bathroom pod, giving the family a flexible space to relax, practice yoga, sleep, or paint. The spaces can be closed off by full height, custom matte black doors to create two bedrooms during busy family gatherings.

Inside, daab design has responded to the woodland context, choosing materials that add to the sense of calm and relaxation of the holiday locale. Matte black finishes and minimal plywood interiors offer visual respite from the intense summer sun and add depth to the spaces.

The bathroom features a cave-like shower nook of light terracotta zellige tiles that stretch from floor to ceiling. The east orientation of the cabin maximises both the sweeping valley views and the Mediterranean light. The clever positioning of the cabin offers sunrise light while the bordering pine forest protects the retreat from the glaring sunset.

Annual CO2 data was not provided