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Chalet sur la pointe
By : Paul Bernier Architecte
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 14th edition
Discipline : Architecture
Categories : Residential Building / Cottage & Country House : Silver Certification
Lanaudière, Québec
The project was to completely renovate this cottage and expand it to make it an open, fluid and bright space that takes advantage of the beautiful views overlooking the lake.
Contrast and continuity
The project is the meeting of 2 eras: the original log cabin and the contemporary addition. The addition is a clean and monolithic volume but whose material and color echo those of the original cottage. Inside, the cohabitation of the old and the new is also present.
Space, light and views
We had to open up the space and create fluidity in the circulation.
It was also important to preserve the cathedral ceiling of the old cottage, even if a floor was to be added above. The old roof, which was frail, was completely removed and replaced by a Douglas fir structure replicating the slope and supporting the new floor.
At the new second floor, the circulation leads, at both ends, to an opening on nature. From up there, we get an exceptional view of the lake and an opening to the sky that did not exist on the ground floor.
The addition on the roof also serves to illuminate the ground floor. The morning light enters inside and filters down to the lower level through the walkway floor made of translucent glass.
Materiality
The old cabin is made of wood logs and stone. The addition on the roof uses the wood material in the form of vertical slats that mark its momentum towards the sky.
Stone and solid wood are also used inside, in tone on tone.
Collaboration
Architect : Paul Bernier Architecte
Engineering : Calculatec
General Contractor : Construction Léonald Goyette
Designer d'intérieur : Marie-Christine Sirois Styliste
