Hatley, Quebec
Residential
Built
The roofline of the project’s clustered volumes — high-pitched gables typical of the region — stands out above the rolling hills. The house is built on a natural plateau, providing a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside pastures, forests, and mountains. The form and material represent the architectural language of agricultural structures scattered throughout the regional landscape. Three identically shaped volumes of varying sizes and orientations are connected side by side without ever intersecting. This creates a dynamic reading of the house along its perimeter. The key structural elements of the space — the horizontal concrete foundation, the deep timber lattice façade, and the unified galvanized steel roof —unify the architecture without simplifying it. The house is composed of three wings: the central communal wing, the family wing, and the guest wing. A series of double-height spaces, large windows, and skylights flood the interiors with natural light and envelop residents in the surrounding agrarian greenery. The house is multi-layered. It is at once simple and complex, discreet and imposing, open and introverted, bare and luxurious, uncommon and coherent.
In collaboration with François Abbott
Images by James Brittain
Residential
Built
The roofline of the project’s clustered volumes — high-pitched gables typical of the region — stands out above the rolling hills. The house is built on a natural plateau, providing a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside pastures, forests, and mountains. The form and material represent the architectural language of agricultural structures scattered throughout the regional landscape. Three identically shaped volumes of varying sizes and orientations are connected side by side without ever intersecting. This creates a dynamic reading of the house along its perimeter. The key structural elements of the space — the horizontal concrete foundation, the deep timber lattice façade, and the unified galvanized steel roof —unify the architecture without simplifying it. The house is composed of three wings: the central communal wing, the family wing, and the guest wing. A series of double-height spaces, large windows, and skylights flood the interiors with natural light and envelop residents in the surrounding agrarian greenery. The house is multi-layered. It is at once simple and complex, discreet and imposing, open and introverted, bare and luxurious, uncommon and coherent.
In collaboration with François Abbott
Images by James Brittain