Rural structures in Quebec inform design of Virgin Vineyard House

A rugged stone wall traces the entrance of an extended, linear home in Québec, Canada, by architectural studio LAMAS, which was designed to capitalise on views whereas minimising disruption to the panorama.

Positioned within the small village of North Hatley throughout the Japanese Townships area, the home is nestled between a logging street and a working winery. It sits on a sloped web site overlooking Lake Massawippi.

The house was designed for a shopper who needed to age in place and accommodate her daughter’s rising household.

Capturing lake vistas and minimising disturbance to the winery had been key considerations, as was connecting to the location by means of “supplies and craft, in addition to conventional types of Quebec structure” stated LAMAS, which relies in Toronto.

The crew appeared to the realm’s vernacular buildings, together with fieldstone partitions, to conceive an extended, low-lying home that’s tucked into the gently sloping terrain.

In plan, the house is an extended bar with a sawtooth formation alongside one facet. Partitions had been clad in stone and hemlock wooden, and the home was topped with a steel gabled roof.

Alongside the entrance elevation, which seems to be north, the crew used gathered stones to type a wall that separates the home from the street. The wall extends throughout the face of the home, serving to the house really feel built-in into the panorama.

“The architectural aspect is however a secondary characteristic clipped on to this stone wall, sheltering the dwelling areas from the street, the northerly winds, and discreetly tucking them into the hillside,” the crew stated.

The northern facade has a number of inventive components, reminiscent of a semi-circle window within the stone cladding, which accentuates a chimney that appears to swoop upward. There is also a big, angled roof cutout that demarcates a entrance courtyard.

Whereas the entrance facade has restricted transparency, the rear elevation has massive quantities of glazing, providing views of the lake and past.

Contained in the dwelling, a major bed room was positioned at every finish of the home, together with an extra bed room within the japanese facet.

Communal areas convene within the central portion of the plan. There is also a roof deck.

Partitions dividing every room had been purposefully rotated to optimise views. Alongside the south, the sawtooth structure ends in sheltered, semi-private areas the place occupants can take within the environment.

“This easy, geometrical twist creates an indirect relationship between the rooms and the roof ridge line, making the rooms really feel like non-public sheds, every with its distinctive quantity directed in the direction of the lake,” the crew stated.

The crew prioritised the usage of wooden within the undertaking, and it’s discovered all through.

“Wooden development was of curiosity with the intention to preserve the embodied vitality and carbon footprint down, but in addition to permit for a well-insulated envelope,” the crew stated.

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A lot of the fabric used within the undertaking was sourced regionally, from the wooden cladding to the high-performance glazing programs.

So as to add to the undertaking’s eco-friendly attributes, the crew integrated a geothermal ground-source heating system, which is powered by carbon-free municipal electrical energy.

As for the panorama, the proprietor is at the moment working a neighborhood horticulturalist to plant indigenous flora that can assist the pure habitat.

Different tasks by LAMAS embody a contemporary farmhouse close to Montreal, which incorporates steeply pitched roofs and partitions clad in reclaimed wooden.

The pictures is by Felix Michaud.

Mission credit:

Architect and inside design: LAMAS ArchitectureProject crew: Vivian Lee (architect), James Macgillivray (architect), Andrea Rodriguez Fos (undertaking supervisor)Panorama: Paysage Lambert and Oscar HacheStructural and civil engineer: Eric St George Buildings and CivileMechanical engineer: GenecorContractor: Building Yves Lessard