A harmonious alliance
between heritage and modernity.

Créer cette villa fut bien plus qu’un projet immobilier, c’était accomplir un rêve, celui de redonner vie à un lieu chargé d’émotion. Chaque pierre, chaque ouverture, chaque détail a été pensé pour célébrer cette région que j’aime profondément. Aujourd’hui, la villa incarne cette vision, un équilibre entre héritage, élégance et sérénité.

I le projet

Dominique C. - propriétaire

The projet

Born from the vision of a globe-trotting businessman, accustomed to the highest international standards, and his deep attachment to his native Provence and the Mediterranean. His ambition was to create a luxurious retreat a true haven of peace where Mediterranean authenticity, refined lifestyle and excellence come together naturally while also integrating a high-tech business center originally designed to meet his own professional needs.

Dominique C. owner

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An architecture designed to breathe and contemplate.

Conceived as a living space, the villa opens onto the sea and embraces the light at every moment of the day. The volumes have been reimagined to create a fluid flow between indoors and outdoors, in a natural continuity. Wood, stone, and glass respond to one another with balance, shaping an atmosphere that is both soothing and inspiring, where every line celebrates the beauty of the landscape.

Vue aérienne de la villa l'île verte, son jardin, piscine mirroir, terrasse aménagée et vue sur la mer méditerannée.

Vue aérienne de la villa l'île verte à la Ciotat. Piscine, terrasse aménagée et vue sur l'île verte.

Architecture & Construction
Surface area
660m2
Project year
2021
Architecture & interior design
Isabelle Milliet
Joinery / metalwork
Art et Métal
Wooden terrace
Art du Bois
Timber frame structure
Bois Alu Réunis
Interior finishes
Series Peinture
Tiling
Carré Créatif Marseille
Structural works
Structural work
Electrical systems
Valente Électricité
Plumbing
Azur Gaz
Elevator
F. Paoli & Selelift

landscaping & Services
Décoration
Cabinet question de lieux
Outdoor furniture
FM Bois Cassis
landscape design
Pépinière
Claude Bruno
Home automation
Jack Derminassian
Marine installations
Portal
Conciergerie service
Eos conciergerie
Photography
Bogdan Boeru
Design & Website
Socle studio

Une renovation conceived
down to the finest details.

The name La Villa L’Île Verte came naturally, as a tribute to the island facing the property in the bay of La Ciotat, but also to evoke the lush green setting and the exotic cocoon recreated around the house with the collaboration of a passionate nurseryman and palm specialist.

Particular attention was also given to the selection of materials and furniture, both indoors and outdoors, in order to create a subtle harmony between authenticity, innovation and timeless elegance.

01 — STONE
Foundational material
Anchoring and continuity

02 — SEA
Coastal presence
Reflections and flow

03 — VELVET
Material of balance
Comfort and calm

04 — CONCRETE
Structure revealed
Strength and restraint

05 — LIGHT
Cast shadows
Relief and softness

06 — VEGETATION
Landscape integration
Breathing of the place

07 — GLASS
Controlled openings
Indoor–outdoor dialogue

08 — WOOD
Living material
Controlled warmth

From conception to completion.

Phase de réalisation de la rénovation Villa L'Île Verte 2021, La Ciotat

Phase de conception de la rénovation Villa L'Île Verte - plans et architecture

A story of transmission 
rooted in the place.

Beyond the renovation, the villa asserts a sense of continuity. Each space preserves the soul of the place while revealing a reinterpreted elegance. Past and present respond to one another with balance, making Villa l’Île Verte a place of transmission, faithful to its history and open to the future.

A passage of memory
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During the Second World War, a discreet passage connected the house to the sea, serving as an observation point along the coastline. Long forgotten, it remains an integral part of the site’s history. Today renamed Passage Monté Cristaux, it is reborn through a contemporary interpretation, linking heritage and the present with restraint.