Extansion
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Project • By hatem + D / etienne bernier architecte • Private Houses
Résidence des Erables
Our team has been mandated to add a new room to a townhouse in Quebec City. The 112 sq. ft. expansion takes place in the house back yard. The idea intended was to provide a simple contemporary gesture that could easily fit into the architectural ethics of the neighbourhood.The owners have expanded to create a new logic into their living spaces. Space, light, intimacy and "openness to the outside" are the key words of this conception.The extension takes the form of a dark tinted glass cube. The large apertures are precisely cut and create a new supply of natural light that enters in one of the most coveted rooms of the house, the kitchen.The cube and the façade meeting allows to design an intimate terrace. A geometry imagined to se... More