Sumit Singhal Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Floating House in Vancouver, Canada by ARNO MATIS ARCHITECTURE INC
May 28th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ARNO MATIS ARCHITECTURE INC
Floating house captures Vancouver’s “West Coast Fusion”: a contemporary mix of eastern and western influences fused with indoor/outdoor living. This highly innovative private residence designed by Arno Matis breaks new ground with an architectural concrete envelope that uses a completely unique white concrete mix custom developed exclusively for the project. The composition appears to float on a large reflecting pool set within an oriental garden setting. Large expanses of glazing and sliding doors are framed in mahogany and screened with a dynamic architectural wood screen. The interiors flow with cascading floor slabs and dramatic volumes as unnecessary partitions are removed to create interior ‘exhibition’ spaces. The minimalist interior finishing details include stone slab floors, a suspended main stair of steel and hardwood; floating ceilings; and suspended custom fireplace, including a glowing onyx fireplace feature in the Master bedroom.
Windows: These wood mahogany frames were specially engineered by Equilibrium and manufactured by Unison at the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP). The westerly frame spans 30’ high, while the southern and eastern frames span 20’. A seventy-ton mobile hydraulic crane installed the windows over two days.
Concrete: Floating House’s architectural concrete envelope uses a completely unique white concrete mix custom developed exclusively for the project. This innovative mix of limestone sand and aggregate imported from Washington state was formed by Arno Matis’ construction company Iconstrux, and is first of its kind in Canada. Extremely quick-setting in character made it a very challenging mix to form, but provides its distinct character: a uniquely a bright, light, natural finish.
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