Naturehumaine Architecture & Design

De la Roche Residence

De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams

DE LA ROCHE RESIDENCE

NatureHumaine

ARCHITECTS
NatureHumaine

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Stéphane Rasselet, Fanny Larhantec, Fanny Guigon

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Rockethammer

MANUFACTURERS
Alumilex, Aquabrass, Corian® Design, Muuto, CIOT

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adrien Williams

AREA
2060 ft²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Montreal, Canada

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

A couple with two young children wish to transform a duplex located in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie into their principal family residence.

De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams

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.

Suspended above the dining room, a grey angular volume sheltering the master bedroom cantilevers out over the garden terrace.

De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams

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.

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.

De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams

An angular frame like structure connects both immediate neighbours as a result of their differences in the protrusions of their constructions.

Within the house, a staircase positioned directly under a generous skylight becomes the focal element of the house.

De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams

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.

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
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams


De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams
De la Roche Residence
© Adrien Williams


De la Roche Residence
Ground Floor Plan
De la Roche Residence
2nd Floor Plan


De la Roche Residence
Concept

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