![La Chèvre / Atelier Pierre Thibault - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5631/5012/e58e/ce22/ae00/050a/newsletter/LaChevre_-_2880px_72dpi_-04.jpg?1446072322)
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Architects: Atelier Pierre Thibault
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Alain Laforest
![La Chèvre / Atelier Pierre Thibault - Forest](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5631/50ce/e58e/ceb4/c400/0530/medium_jpg/LaChevre_-_2880px_72dpi_-14.jpg?1446072506)
Text description provided by the architects. A small family, born and raised in Montreal, wanting to get closer to a peaceful place in the country, bought a beautiful site in the Eastern Townships in order to begin building their house. Their site majestically reveals itself, along a private road winding through the forest. A 180 degree panorama opens south, looking at the surrounding mountains, while a dense forest takes place to the north side.
![La Chèvre / Atelier Pierre Thibault - Image 10 of 15](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5631/5070/e58e/ce22/ae00/050c/newsletter/LaChevre_-_2880px_72dpi_-07.jpg?1446072420)
Integration.
The house anchors itself in a slope, at the forest’s edge, to benefit from the magnificent view while having a direct contact with the dense vegetation on the other side, creating a link with various environments. To merge into the landscape and reduce its visual impact, the shape of the project adapts itself to the ground, never exceeding two floors.
![La Chèvre / Atelier Pierre Thibault - Door, Windows, Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5631/4fec/e58e/ce22/ae00/0509/newsletter/LaChevre_-_2880px_72dpi_-03.jpg?1446072288)
The house takes form in several volumes, each of which contains a distinct function, benefiting from its natural context while harmonizing with it.
![La Chèvre / Atelier Pierre Thibault - Table, Windows, Chair, Glass](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5631/4faf/e58e/ce22/ae00/0507/newsletter/LaChevre_-_2880px_72dpi_-02.jpg?1446072227)
Innovation.
The different spaces are connected one after another, creating dynamic circulations while providing different sights on the environment. The architecture allows a wide variety of spaces, ranging from introverted to open spaces, from a direct and private contact with the ground to a wide panoramic view. The seemingly detached volumes spread elegantly through the site, as free particles delicately lay down.
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Technical consideration.
The apparent wooden structure adjusts itself to the volumes. The same constructive principle, a column-beam assemblage, is repeated and adapted according to the different proportions.
![La Chèvre / Atelier Pierre Thibault - Table, Windows, Wood, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5631/5038/e58e/ceb4/c400/052d/newsletter/LaChevre_-_2880px_72dpi_-05.jpg?1446072359)