Lakeside Cabin

Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams

LAKESIDE CABIN

ATELIER SCHWIMMER

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS
Yves Leblanc

CONSULTANTS
Steve St-hilaire , Percodesign

DESIGN TEAM
Felix Schwimmer, Francesca Fiaschi

CONSTRUCTION
Auto-construction With Guillaume Dumas, Structure And Framing By Dunfab

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Yannick Pelletier

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adrien Williams

AREA
3200 Ft²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Lac-brome, Canada

CATEGORY
Cabins & Lodges

Text description provided by architect.

Two brothers have embraced outdoor activities as part of their fast-paced city life.

A new building on the banks of Lake Brome will act as a symbol of and a tool for the fulfillment of this commitment - a building in which to share time with friends.

Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams
Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams

Bisected by a vertical atrium that opens on to the lake, the essence of the design is a concrete floor with a fireplace at its center that creates a place to mingle.

As our brothers relish the possibilities and pleasures offered by a leisure society of skis, snowshoes, fishing rods, mud, luggage, grocery bags… the mundane vanishes when they enter the building.

Playing piano and guitar, sharing stories, eating together, playing board games, watching movies, the more, the merrier, Participants share the space and enjoy the views.

Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams
Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams

The tension rooted in the site stems from urban-size width that squeezes the house between a number of others houses on its sides and its infinite view over the lake-front sheltered by a natural wall created by the tree-filled hill in the back.

We have created the Black Cabin situated near a small town in the Eastern Townships, set amongst classical 19th-century houses and more recently built modest cottages.

Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams
Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams

Conceived as an archetypical house, the building has three entrances, forming a loggia at the entrance and at the back, and a covered terrace on the side.

The cabin is centered around an atrium that opens to the outdoors.

The design was developed around a fireplace set beside a triple-height area that makes it visible from everywhere within the cabin thus generating a canyon of hospitality.

Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams
Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams

Located in the center of a concrete slab floor on the ground floor, it divides the open space into areas of various spatial qualities.

On both sides of the canyon, glazed walls offer views on the outdoors., Traversing the canyon on the second floor is a bridge that creates more common space. Four bedrooms open onto the bridge.

The exterior cladding is made of larch treated with two methods.

Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams
Lakeside Cabin
© Adrien Williams

Charred planks face directly the elements and natural oil protects the recessed less exposed planks. This play of dark and light increases the singular aspect of the house.


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Ground floor plan
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Second floor plan


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