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 Beauvallon Golf in Grimaud dans le Var

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine des loisirs
Jardin
Maison d'architecte
Var

Beauvallon Golf in Grimaud

    Domaine de Beauvallon Boulevard des Collines
    83310 Grimaud
Golf de Beauvallon à Grimaud Club House
Golf de Beauvallon à Grimaud Club House vu du parking
Golf de Beauvallon à Grimaud Club House entrée
Crédit photo : Auteur inconnuUnknown author - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1925
Launch of the subdivision
1926-1927
Construction of the club house
1961
Construction of Seynave villa
22 décembre 1993
Registration for Historic Monuments
1994
Rehabilitation of the club house
2001
20th Century Heritage Label
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Golf clubhouse and former caddies building (Box B 2078, 2080, 2081): registration by order of 22 December 1993

Key figures

Pierre Chareau - Architect Designer of the club house and the villa Vent d'Aval.
Bernard Bijvoet - Collaborating architect Co-author of the club house with Chareau.
Jean Prouvé - Architect and designer Author of Villa Seynave (1961).
Neil Hutchinson - Architect Prouvé Collaborator for Seynave Villa.
Émile et Edmond Bernheim - Real estate promoters Initiators of the subdivision in 1925.
Thérèse Bonney - Photographer Author of clichés from the club house era.

Origin and history

The Beauvallon golf course, located in Grimaud in the Var, was built as part of the Beauvallon estate, launched in 1925 by the brothers Émile and Edmond Bernheim. This ambitious project aimed to create a modern resort, including an 18-hole golf course on 40 hectares. The estate became a home of avant-garde architecture, with achievements signed by major figures such as Pierre Chareau and Jean Prouvé.

The club house, designed between 1926 and 1927 by Pierre Chareau in collaboration with Dutch architect Bernard Bijvoet, marks the first architectural creation of Chareau. This modest building (300 m2), with reinforced concrete and traditional masonry, housed changing rooms, bar, kitchen and covered terrace. It was included in the additional inventory of historical monuments in 1993, and rehabilitated in 1994. The original furniture, designed by Chareau, was however dispersed.

The Villa Vent d'Aval, adjacent to the club house and also signed Pierre Chareau, as well as Villa Seynave (1961), designed by Jean Prouvé and Neil Hutchinson for a Lorraine industrialist, testify to the architectural audacity of the site. Both buildings were also protected in 1993. The estate won the 20th Century Heritage label in 2001, highlighting its historical and aesthetic importance.

The Beauvallon golf course is located in a privileged geographical setting, 4 km from Port Grimaud and 14 km from Saint-Tropez, in the heart of a famous Gulf. Its access is facilitated by departmental roads (D559, D558) and cycle paths, as well as by sea shuttles connecting neighbouring ports. The site remains today a place of sport and heritage, combining architectural history and exceptional natural setting.

The photographic archives of Thérèse Bonney, preserved at the Museum of Decorative Arts, document the original layout of the club house. These photographs offer a valuable visual testimony to the modernist ambition of the estate, where architecture, landscape and lifestyle combined to create a unique ensemble.

External links

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Page Monumentum