De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine

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Montreal, Canada
  • Architects: NatureHumaine
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2060 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Adrien Williams
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Alumilex, Aquabrass, CIOT, Corian, Muuto
  • Architects In Charge: Stéphane Rasselet, Fanny Larhantec, Fanny Guigon
  • City: Montreal
  • Country: Canada
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De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Facade
© Adrien Williams

Text description provided by the architects. A couple with two young children wish to transform a duplex located in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie into their principal family residence. The project consists in reorganizing the original portion of the house and enlarging it with an extension in the yard while preserving the façade on the street as required by the city bylaws.

De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Table, Sofa, Chair
© Adrien Williams

Suspended above the dining room, a grey angular volume sheltering the master bedroom cantilevers out over the garden terrace. For more intimacy, a pair of steel blades unfolds in front of two large panes of glass over the garden façade filtering the views from the neighbours and modulating the natural light coming into the living spaces.

De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Image 7 of 23
© Adrien Williams

Wishing to create an effect of depth on the garden façade, two tones of colours are used; one gray tone for the suspended volume covered in fibrocement boards and an other in copper for the windows, steel blades and the patio door in the recessed portion of the back wall. An angular frame like structure connects both immediate neighbours as a result of their differences in the protrusions of their constructions.

De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Countertop, Sink
© Adrien Williams
Ground Floor Plan
De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Image 4 of 23
© Adrien Williams

Within the house, a staircase positioned directly under a generous skylight becomes the focal element of the house. Three entities compose this staircase; the first steps cladded in white marble, a wooden landing cladded in Russian plywood that continues through the family room to become a working surface and finally the circular stair painted white with perforated steel guards and steps in white birch.

De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Table, Shelving
© Adrien Williams

Integrated elements such as concealed doors and furniture combine to tones of whites; greys and blacks contribute in creating a warm and minimalist atmosphere throughout every room in the house.

De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine - Windows, Facade, Chair
© Adrien Williams

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Cite: "De la Roche Residence / NatureHumaine" 06 Nov 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/882913/de-la-roche-residence-naturehumaine> ISSN 0719-8884

© Adrien Williams

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