Compass House / Superkül

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Architects: Superkül
Area: 4300 m²
Year: 2015
Photographs:Ben Rahn/A-Frame Studio
Manufacturers: Eureka, FSB Franz Schneider Brakel, Grohe, VELUX Group, Acor, Artemide, Axis Lighting, Bakor Blueskin, Belfer, Benjamin Moore, Blanco, Bocci, CYMISA, CertainTeed, Davey Lighting, David Weeks Studio, Farrow and Ball, Franke, Guardian Glass, Hinge Hardware, +15Inox, Kohler, La Fabrika, Lacava, Lights Up, Lindsey Adelman, MP Lighting, Monarch Moveable Glass Walls, Radiant City Millwork, Rezek, Roll & Hill, SIMONSWERK North America, Toto, US Illumination, iLed.ca-15
Landscape: Whispering Pines Landscaping
Contractor: Wilson Project Management
Civil: EXP Services Inc.
Mechanical: GPY+ Associates Engineering Inc.
LEED: Greenscape Building Consultants Inc.
Building Science Consultant: Halsall Associates Limited
Geotechnical: Terraprobe Inc.

Text description provided by the architects. Designed as a weekend home for a family of six, Compass House takes its name from the clients’ desire to chart a new course as they transition from an extended stay in the United Kingdom to life back in Canada. To achieve this, the design of the home transcends ordinary domestic programming, creating a place of spiritual resonance that orients and heightens one’s experience of the surrounding environment. Through its siting, massing, tectonics and materiality, it balances intimacy and expansiveness, light and dark, land and sky.

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