{"225541d2-66a5-4775-958a-af5304fa9875": "<p>An 8.5-Year Journey of Engineering, Vision and Determination.</p>", "afc63364-6f55-4d6f-99e4-b6bae3ba3f57": [59], "e8c92b0c-8394-4f6e-b2ab-19c12217ced3": "<p>There are projects that you build. And there are projects that<span> </span><strong>build you</strong>.</p><p>Skyblade belongs to the second category.</p><p>For<span> </span><strong>8.5 years</strong>, this project challenged every aspect of development: engineering, patience, vision and resilience. It demanded precision at every stage and the courage to continue when complexity seemed overwhelming.</p><p>But before Skyblade became a structure of steel and concrete, it began with a philosophy.</p><h3>Architecture Begins with Listening.</h3><p>I often define myself as a<span> </span><strong>contextualist</strong>.</p><p>Architecture should never be imposed on nature. It must first understand its environment — the landscape, the light, the topography, the silence.</p><p>The ambition behind Skyblade was therefore very clear:</p><p><strong>Create something extraordinary while preserving the natural integrity of the site.</strong></p><p>The property is located on the top of the hill of La Californie district in Cannes - France, surrounded by vegetation and natural terrain. From the beginning, the goal was to respect this environment completely.</p><p>No asphalt roads. No artificial infrastructure dominating the landscape.</p><p>Only nature.</p><p>Access paths remain natural, and the architecture itself appears to emerge from the hillside rather than sit on top of it.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"{asset:53:url||/img/uploads/art-of-the-future.jpg}\" alt=\"Art of the future\" /></figure><p>Copyright Rosengart - All Rights Reserved.</p><p>To preserve this purity of landscape, the arrival to the residence follows a different path —<span> </span><strong>through the mountain itself</strong>.</p><p>Guests enter Skyblade via a<span> </span><strong>fully glazed funicular cabin</strong>, travelling silently through an<span> </span><strong>illuminated underground gallery carved into the hillside</strong>. The journey becomes part of the experience: a slow transition from the natural exterior into the architecture hidden within the terrain.</p><p>Rather than imposing infrastructure on the mountain, the access was integrated into it.</p><p>This approach defined every decision throughout the project.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"{asset:54:url||/img/uploads/center-of-skyblade.jpg}\" alt=\"Center of Skyblade\" /></figure><p>Copyright Rosengart - All Rights Reserved.</p><hr /><h3>Engineering the Impossible</h3><p>What gives Skyblade its identity are the floating<span> </span><strong>cantilevered blades</strong><span> </span>— volumes that appear to defy gravity.</p><p>Achieving this visual lightness required an extraordinary structural effort.</p><p>Behind the apparent simplicity lies a highly complex engineering system designed around balance and counter-force.</p><p>Among the key structural achievements:</p><p>•<span> </span><strong>1,800 m³ of earth excavated</strong><span> </span>into the hillside • A massive<span> </span><strong>18m × 42m soldier-pile retaining wall</strong><span> </span>anchoring the terrain •<span> </span><strong>30 meters of underground gallery</strong><span> </span>crossing through the mountain • Cantilever structures engineered with precision steel systems • A structural concept based on equilibrium rather than visible support.</p><p>The objective was paradoxical:</p><p><strong>Make the structure disappear visually while carrying enormous loads.</strong></p><p>True engineering often lies in this invisible balance.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"{asset:55:url||/img/uploads/defying-the-earth-gravity.jpg}\" alt=\"Defying the earth's gravity\" /></figure><p>Copyright Rosengart - All Rights Reserved.</p><hr /><h3>A Pharaonic Construction Site</h3><p>At certain moments during construction, the site itself resembled a monumental engineering operation.</p><p>Deep excavations carved into the mountain. Towering retaining walls anchoring the hillside. Cranes reaching above the landscape to position structural elements.</p><p>Thousands of hours of work. Tons of steel. Hundreds of technical calculations.</p><p>Yet the ultimate goal was not to create something massive — but something<span> </span><strong>light, floating and integrated with nature</strong>.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"{asset:56:url||/img/uploads/a-pharaonic-construction-site.jpg}\" alt=\"A pharaonic construction\" /></figure><p>Copyright Rosengart - All Rights Reserved.</p><hr /><h3>The Culture of Overcoming</h3><p>A project of this complexity inevitably faces moments of doubt.</p><p>Technical obstacles. Construction constraints. Logistical challenges in a mountain environment.</p><p>But development is not about avoiding problems.</p><p>It is about cultivating a mindset where every challenge becomes a step forward.</p><p>Every obstacle encountered during Skyblade’s development was treated as an<span> </span><strong>engineering challenge to solve</strong>, not a limitation.</p><p>That mindset: \"persistence over hesitation\" ultimately shaped the project.</p><hr /><h3>The Human Moment</h3><p>Recently I climbed onto the exoskeleton beam that supports one of the cantilever structures.</p><p>Standing there, above the structure that once existed only as an idea, I realized something simple:</p><p>Buildings may be made of steel and concrete — but projects are built with<span> </span><strong>time, patience and conviction</strong>.</p><p>That beam carries more than a structural load.</p><p>It carries<span> </span><strong>8.5 years of determination</strong>.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"{asset:57:url||/img/uploads/skyblade-determination.jpg}\" alt=\"8.5 years of determination\" /></figure><p style=\"margin-left:auto;\">copyright Rosengart - All Rights Reserved.</p><hr /><h3>Passion, Precision and Respect for Nature</h3><p>Skyblade today stands as a testament to what can happen when<span> </span><strong>architecture, engineering and respect for landscape</strong><span> </span>work together.</p><p>For me, this project reinforced something fundamental:</p><p>Real estate development is not just about construction.</p><p>It is about vision. It is about discipline. It is about believing in ideas that may initially seem impossible.</p><p>Because when passion meets precision — even gravity can be negotiated.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"{asset:58:url||/img/uploads/the-ultimate-in-limitless-living.jpg}\" alt=\"The ultimate in limitless living\" /></figure><p>Copyright Rosengart - All Rights Reserved.</p><p> </p><hr /><p><strong>Real Estate is an Art. Precision is our signature.</strong></p><p>Christian-Alexander Rosengart Founder — Rosengart Group</p><p><i><strong>The official Skyblade film tells the full story:</strong></i></p><figure class=\"media\"><oembed url=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWGPqmbaEw&amp;t=48s\"></oembed></figure>"}