A strong stone wall traces the entrance of an extended, linear home in Québec, Canada by structure studio LAMAS, which was designed to capitalize on the views whereas minimizing panorama disturbance.
Positioned within the small village of North Hatley within the Jap Townships area, the home is nestled between a forest highway and a winery. It sits on a sloping lot overlooking Lake Massawippi.
The house was designed for a shopper who wished to age in place and accommodate his daughter's rising household.
Capturing lake views and minimizing disturbance to the winery have been key considerations, as was connecting to the location via “supplies and crafts in addition to conventional types of Quebec structure,” mentioned LAMAS, which is predicated in Toronto.
The crew seemed to the world's vernacular buildings, together with fieldstone partitions, to design an extended, low home that’s set into the gently sloping terrain.
In plan, the home is an extended bar with a sawtooth formation alongside one aspect. The partitions have been confronted with stone and hemlock wooden, and the home was coated with a two-tiered metallic roof.
Alongside the entrance elevation, which faces north, the crew used collected stones to kind a wall that separates the home from the highway. The wall extends over the floor of the home, serving to the home really feel built-in into the panorama.
“The architectural ingredient is simply a secondary function caught on this stone wall, sheltering the residing areas from the highway, the north winds and discreetly hiding them within the hillside,” mentioned the crew.
The north facade has a number of inventive components, corresponding to a semicircular window within the stone cladding, which accentuates a chimney that appears to throw itself upwards. There may be additionally a big, pitched roof that frames a entrance yard.
Whereas the entrance facade has restricted transparency, the rear elevation has giant quantities of glazing, providing views of the lake and past.
Inside the house, a main bedroom was positioned at every finish of the home, together with a further bed room on the east aspect.
The communal areas come collectively within the central a part of the plan. There may be additionally a roof deck.
The partitions that separated every room have been deliberately rolled to optimize the views. Alongside the south, the sawtooth format ends in sheltered, semi-private areas the place occupants can take within the environment.
“This straightforward, geometric twist creates an indirect relationship between the rooms and the roof ridgeline, making the rooms seem like personal sheds, every with its personal distinctive quantity dealing with the lake,” mentioned the crew.
The crew prioritized using wooden within the venture, and it’s discovered all through.
“Timber building was of curiosity to maintain the embodied vitality and carbon footprint low, but in addition to permit for a well-insulated envelope,” the crew mentioned.
A lot of the fabric used within the venture was sourced domestically, from the timber cladding to the high-performance glazing methods.
So as to add to the inexperienced attributes of the venture, the crew included a geothermal heating system from the bottom, which is powered by carbon-free municipal electrical energy.
As for the panorama, the proprietor is at the moment working with an area horticulturist to plant native flora that may help the pure habitat.
Different tasks by LAMAS embody a contemporary farmhouse close to Montreal that options pitched roofs and partitions clad in reclaimed wooden.
The photograph is by Felix Michaud.
Challenge credit:
Architect and inside design: LAMAS structure
Challenge crew: Vivian Lee (Architect), James Macgillivray (Architect), Andrea Rodriguez Fos (Challenge Supervisor)
Panorama: Panorama Lambert and Oscar Hache
Structural and civil engineer: Eric St George Constructions and Civil
Mechanical Engineer: Genecor
Contractor: Yves Lessard constructions