Les Jumelles / yh2

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Sutton, Canada
  • Architects: YH2 Architecture: yh2
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1500 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Pascal Annand
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Aeralite, Ideal Roofing, Soho Windows
  • Lead Architect: Marie-Claude Hamelin
Les Jumelles / yh2 - Windows, Facade
© Pascal Annand

Text description provided by the architects. Built-in Caraquet village, Les Jumelles is two small sister constructions link in order to create a single family holiday house oriented towards the grandiose scenic view of the Baie-des-Chaleurs. Les Jumelles is simultaneously a peaceful retreat in nature in front of the sea as an architectural insertion in the context of the historical Acadian Village that is Caraquet. The site of the project is but a couple of hundred meters from the village’s church and less than 60 meters from the thin sand beaches.

Les Jumelles / yh2 - Table, Windows, Chair, Beam
© Pascal Annand
Ground Floor Plan
Les Jumelles / yh2 - Windows, Facade
© Pascal Annand

Sober and stripped down architecture inspired by the Acadian vernacular architecture, the house consists of twin looking volumes. The metal sheet covered small constructions are located in one of the last natural clearings of the village. The first entity, largely fenestrated on its South facade, contains the living spaces, while its sister, open on its North end, regroups the bedrooms and the garage.

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The sister houses, common to Acadian architecture, stand parallel to each other and are only connected by a glazed passage that simultaneously acts as a working space offering a panoramic view of the sea. Its displacement between the twin sisters and its length offer just the right amount of privacy between entities while also defining a sunbathed courtyard protected from the often violent winds of the area.

Les Jumelles / yh2 - Windows
© Pascal Annand

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Cite: "Les Jumelles / yh2" 09 Oct 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/880783/les-jumelles-yh2> ISSN 0719-8884

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