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o y a m a & Julia Manaças Architecte

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View from the south west - Alex Lesage
In the living room looking back to the kitchen - Alex Lesage
Living room corner window - Alex Lesage
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House
7.34
7.82
7.46
7.39
7.5
Weiping Lin
Weiping Lin Founder and Design Director at Lin Wei Ping Design Consulting
7
6.5
7
7
6.88
Filip Milovanovic
Filip Milovanovic Design Director at Yabu Pushelberg
Project is a lab that provides educ...
7
6
7
6
6.5
Ludmila Machado
Ludmila Machado Founder at Aurora Design
7.5
6
6
7
6.63
David Kulen
David Kulen Creative Director at Powerplant
8
8
7
6
7.25
Isabelle Kievenheim
Isabelle Kievenheim Head of Store Development at & Other Stories H&M Group
7
6
6
7
6.5
Luca Macri
Luca Macri Partner at Lamatilde
8
6
7.5
6
6.88
Mark Timo
Mark Timo Founder at De Interieur Club
7
7
7
7
7
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith Associate Designer at M Moser Associates
8
7
8
8
7.75
Terry Xu
Terry Xu Chief Designer at Masanori Design Studio
8
7
8
8
7.75
Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert Design Manager at OBMI
8.1
6.58
7.38
6.66
7.18
Apoorva Shroff
Apoorva Shroff Founder at lyth Design
6
6
6
6
6
Liyu Xue
Liyu Xue Founder and Creative Director at Staay
9
8
8
7
8
Marcel Häusler
Marcel Häusler Creative Director at Karl Anders
7
5
8
5
6.25
Alessandro Ranaldi
Alessandro Ranaldi Head of Workplace Consultancy at Foster and Partners
7.5
7
7
6.5
7
Llisa Demetrios
Llisa Demetrios Chief Curator at The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
7
6
7
6
6.5
Juan Alberto Andrade
Juan Alberto Andrade Founder at Juan Alberto Andrade
6.35
6.9
6.99
7.3
6.89
Yuan Jiang
Yuan Jiang Cofounder at Soda
5
5
6
5
5.25
Yuanman Huang
Yuanman Huang Cofounder and Creative Designer at GS Design
6.81
6.4
6.09
7.33
6.66
Floor area
240 ㎡
Completion
2023
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Located in the wooded, mountainous region of the Laurentians, Quebec, the piece of land presented by the clients posed significant challenges from the outset of the project.
Only a small buildable footprint remained once zoning setbacks, environmental factors and a minimum of privacy from the road were considered. The result is an area of land defined by its nearly 45% slope.

The starting morphology, a typical rectangular plan with a hip roof, is methodically transformed during the design process through a series of operations. The volume is split, rotated and scaled, slowly adapting the program to the site and context. The resulting twin shapes sit toward the high point of the lot, nestled into the rocky terrain towards the east while framing dramatic views to the north-west.

A fully glazed passage bridges the two volumes, creating a moment of transparency through the house, visible as you approach the main entrance and as you circulate within the house.

The smaller volume contains a generous kitchen opening onto an impressive all-wood structure cantilever protecting a south-facing terrace. A perforated wood screen conceals the stair leading to a painting studio and seasonal greenhouse. The larger volume makes up the remaining communal program on the ground floor. The bedrooms and main bathroom are located below, in a walk-out basement.

The second floor is used for a spare bedroom and open mezzanine, adding space for play for the couple’s two young children. The cathedral ceilings and the addition of several skylights provides natural light for the upper floors which filters down to the living spaces.

The house is clad in local eastern cedar boards and treated with a natural stain to protect and accelerate ageing. The corrugated roof picks up the fine vertical lines of the cladding and contiguous soffit.