Omar Gandhi Architects

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Omar Gandhi Architects

SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Halifax, Canada

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Set amidst the unique and dramatic landscape of Halifax’s Purcell’s Cove “backlands”, the residence is inspired by the strewn jagged bedrock field of outcrop, subcrop and bedrock float.

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The formal massing of the home is one which was derived to look as though it had been a larger bedrock volume (outcrop) but one which has become severed and has relocated slightly over time (subcrop or float).

The exterior façade is clad is a grey washed wood cladding with slight variations in pattern, resembling bedrock strata which give further evidence of subcrop movement.

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The home is backed up by a several metre high large boulder which creates a private zone between the home and the rock.

The home is composed of a central volume for daily living flanked by two sleeping zones, one of which can be shut off when unoccupied.

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From within the resident looks out at the massive view including several lakes and the ocean beyond.

All photos except aerial by Doublespace Photo.

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Omar Gandhi Architects
T +1 902 4201580
Omar Gandhi Architects
1209 Marginal Rd Suite 300, Halifax, NS B3H 4P8, Canada