Floating volume
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Project • By Jorgelina Tortorici Studio • Private Houses
Sidney House
Set on a corner lot within Nordelta’s nautical neighborhood, El Yacht, this house is anchored in the uniqueness of its location: a rectangular plot with the opportunity to open its longest side toward the water.
Alejandro Peral
The ground floor is programmatically resolved as a concrete box that houses the common areas, above which rests a pure white volume containing the private spaces. The upper floor, with a triangular geometry, extends its longest side to the east, capturing the best views and visually prolonging the horizon line.
Alejandro Peral
Private spaces are located on the upper level, while the common areas occupy the ground floor, where large glazed panels open toward the water, integrating the interior with t... More
News • News • 1 Mar 2022
Montreal’s Berri House makes the most of a centenary carriage house and a unique urban situation
On a short and narrow street in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, the Berri House is a small residential extension by Thomas Balaban Architecte that makes the most of a 130 m2 centenary carriage house and a unique urban situation.
Adrien Williams
Surrounded by a rich architectural neighbourhood of corner stores, car repair shops, small industrial buildings and traditional brick duplexes and triplexes, the irregularly shaped lot comes from the subdivision of a large property spanning two streets. The subdivision results in a new lot with only a small side yard and a small exterior space at the back enclosed by other buildings. The fundamental issue of the project was how to expand the footprint of the building, p... More