Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur

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  • Architects: Nicholas Francoeur
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3448 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Raphaël Thibodeau
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Bertazzoni, Cabano, Delta Faucet, Elica, Kommerling, Morso, Sinkology, ZHENDER
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Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Exterior Photography
© Raphaël Thibodeau

Text description provided by the architects. The clients had some pretty set notions of what type of building they wanted to build when they approached me to work on this project; they wanted a mono-pitched roof and had a very good idea of the square footage they required.  The idea of the house being a place where they could work on their various creative projects was eminent from the onset; she is a writer and he's a photographer and a musician.

Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Exterior Photography
© Raphaël Thibodeau
Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Interior Photography, Facade, Windows
© Raphaël Thibodeau

I really wanted to take this image of a typical “solar passive” or “green” house and work out some unique details which moved away from the typical archetypes of “green architecture”. The mono-pitch roof is extremely well suited for our harsh winters, I wanted to come up with a way that made overhangs look cool, for a functional detail to become an integral part of the project's aesthetics. The house makes use of cutting-edge materials and building techniques like its CNC-produced engineered wood structure earning it a LEED platinum certification.

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Plan - Ground floor
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Section BB

The building is clad in charred cedar, while its ceilings and soffits are in white aspen. The dark nature of the house contrasts with its light and bright airy interiors. Instead of the usual picture frame ones, the decision to opt for a series of tall rectangular windows; reminiscent of a colonnade, is meant to generate a feeling of immersion in the surrounding woods. The home’s varying ceiling height offers a large variety of spaces for a one-story building.

Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Interior Photography, Dining room, Table, Windows
© Raphaël Thibodeau
Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Countertop, Chair
© Raphaël Thibodeau

Along with the traditional functions, the house offers 2 north facing studios; one for writing and the other for photo editing and 2 south-facing studios; one for music and the other for fabrication, The photo and writing studios are designed in a way that they are integrated into the rest of the home by making them part of the way we circulate from one space to another as opposed to being closed rooms.

Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Interior Photography
© Raphaël Thibodeau

A monumental bathing area with a large east-facing window is an attempt at rethinking bathroom spaces with its cavernous feel and dramatic lighting. The house is designed in a way to foster creativity while allowing for a couple to be simultaneously separate but together.

Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur - Exterior Photography
© Raphaël Thibodeau

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Cite: "Atelier C / Nicholas Francoeur" 14 Feb 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/976710/atelier-c-nicholas-francoeur> ISSN 0719-8884

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