Organised by the city of Fréjus, the Domus Futura competition invited young architects to design a villa rooted Fréjus’s Roman heritage. The aim was to propose a way of living in harmony with contemporary issues, setting an example for future generations. Free from the usual constraints imposed on architects - such as a predefined site, a fixed brief or required floor area - this “house of the future” encouraged us to imagine a place designed for everyone yet for no one in particular. Its ultimate ambition was to create a link between past, present, and future. To anchor this house in both time and place, we wanted not only to reference the abundant Roman remains found in Fréjus, but also to position ourselves within the historical continuity of architecture. Built on the foundations of an illegally constructed house from the 1990s, the Domus Futura faces the Mediterranean from the red rocks of the Esterel massif, overlooking Fréjus, Saint-Raphaël, and Théoule-sur-Mer. From the earliest sketches, the villa took shape according to an elementary principle of assembly: a floor slab, columns, and a roof. Between the columns: glass. The structure’s clarity takes centre stage. The earth-concrete columns are prefabricated and then assembled on site; they draw their sienna hue from the soil taken directly from the site. Depending on its composition, the colour varies, while the rough, grooved surface echoes the rocks lining the coastline. Throughout the project, we kept in mind the image that the ruins of Domus Futura might one day leave in the landscape - like an abandoned temple, emptied of its idols, deserted by its faithful, yet still somehow alive.