MEV Cabin

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

MEV CABIN

Studio Jean Verville Architectes

ARCHITECT
Rémi St-pierre

LEAD ARCHITECT
Jean Verville

ARTISTIC ADVISOR
France Goneau

STUDIO DIRECTOR
Tania Paula Garza Rico 

MA ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATES
Jacob Éthier, Bahia Burias

MA ARCHITECTURE
Samuel Landry, Camille Asselin

MANUFACTURERS
Alumilex, Mutina, Ciot, Coalbrook, Kast Concrete Basins, Litze Decca

PHOTOGRAPHS
Maxime Brouillet, Maryse Béland  

AREA
181 M²

YEAR
2022 

LOCATION
Canada

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Seduced by the photographic narration illustrating the projects of Studio Jean Verville, two admirable eccentrics, passionate about art and Italian design of the 80s, invited him to design their refuge in the forest.

The objective is to host their daily lives with whimsical energy, a challenge in absolute cohesion with the disruptive approach of the Studio.

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

The project realizes a personalized alternative universe, designed in a collaborative spirit and a ludicization approach and then developed with architectural mathematical rigor.

MEV exploits the association of geometries and colors under the impetus of the rebellious universe of the Italian group, Memphis, the antithesis to monotony and the monochromatic architecture and design of his time.

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

Constellated with meticulous maneuvers that evoke this wacky universe of the 80s, the project celebrates a multiplicity of references in a system of expressive and contrasting relationships in order to communicate the personalities of the owners.

For the sake of integration into the surrounding nature, this house studio reveals an organic form and a raw appearance, confronting its materials with a set of curved lines in a meticulous implementation.

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

Its extravagance manifests itself in interiors with graphics, where volumes and materials development in a sparkling chromatic organization.

The location of this eclectic ensemble is determined by the presence of a stream that crisscrosses the land.

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

On the south side, the linear layout of the rooms allows a constant view of the landscape and its stream.

On the north side, two distinct volumes, connected by an entirely glazed entrance, appear like a long blind facade unified by a single roof.

While an entirely mathematical logic of functionality invites the exclusion of roof surfaces in a Boolean diagram, its shape is redefined by a shift in the axis of the ridge, which thwarts the reading of the volumetry and animates the silhouette of new complexity.

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

Converging in a set of formal solutions, volumes conceal both storage and domestic elements to articulate a structured system.

Playing with the possibilities of visual impact, the textures, colors, and materials exploit light in a kaleidoscopic reflection.

Volumes and surfaces play games of formal opposition, adorning themselves with a panache of elements, patterns, and colors vying for traces of childhood.

MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet

The quintessence of the getaway in nature, the Laurentian forest welcomes the house studio on a parcel of its territory that has remained out of reach, providing a place of life and work, both vibrant and free.


MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet


MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maryse Béland
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maryse Béland
MEV Cabin
© Maryse Béland
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet
MEV Cabin
© Maxime Brouillet


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