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La Doyenne
By : _naturehumaine
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 14th edition
Discipline : Architecture
Categories : Residential Building / Single-Family Home : Silver Certification
La Doyenne is the renovation project of a Victorian house built in 1887, a stone's throw from Carré Saint-Louis in Montreal.
In a high-density built environment, the challenge was to design an extension while preserving the privacy of the occupants.
The uniqueness of the project comes from the integration of variations in levels. One enters through the living room, located half a level above the street, to get to the backyard, embedded in the garden. This intervention creates a height offset in relation to the level of the neighboring terraces while reinforcing the verticality of the interior volumes. The dining room and kitchen spaces are perceived as being double-height. Inside, the entrance staircase is restored. It remains the centerpiece while creating a link with the new elements of the project. Two staircases are added; the first one connects the living room to the dining room. The second, helical, leads to the roof. Both are united by their imperial green tone inspired by the history of the building.
The project is composed of noble materials such as the oak floors and furniture characteristic of old bourgeois homes, and raw materials such as the stainless steel kitchen counters.
Thus, the Dean capitalizes on the density of her environment to unveil a project that is intimately integrated into its surroundings. Spread out over 4 levels, its interior spatiality reveals itself as a continuous space accentuating the interrelationship between the rooms of the house.
Collaboration
Architect : _naturehumaine
General Contractor : construction Jim Farley
Engineering : GENIEX
