![La Luge / YH2 Architecture - Windows, Forest](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5060/e3f8/28ba/0d78/a700/0197/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361416805)
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Architects: YH2 Architecture
- Area: 120 m²
- Year: 2011
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Photographs:Francis Pelletier
Text description provided by the architects. Mostly dedicated to the enjoyment of Quebec’s winter, La Luge is a secondary home lying in the midst of the forest. Nestled on its site, surrounded by dense vegetation preserving the house’s privacy, La Luge integrates a private spa which occupies almost a third of the useable area, adding on to the traditional countryside living spaces.
![La Luge / YH2 Architecture - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5060/e3fd/28ba/0d78/a700/0199/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361047667)
While La Luge is as a compact scheme meant to accommodate a large number of guests, the house’s spaces can be reconfigured into diverse geometries: using large sliding doors, the users may transform the children bedroom into a playground or a guest bedroom, more or less opened onto the main living spaces.
![La Luge / YH2 Architecture - Door, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5060/e426/28ba/0d78/a700/01a4/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1361047729)
The project is made out of two embracing volumes set on different levels –one dark, one light, thus creating distinct spaces, freely merging one into the other.
![La Luge / YH2 Architecture - Windows, Forest](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5060/e403/28ba/0d78/a700/019b/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361047677)
In this wood shell made of essences of cedar, oak and walnut, the atmosphere is soft but bright, soothing.
![La Luge / YH2 Architecture - Column](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5060/e424/28ba/0d78/a700/01a3/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361047724)