LES TERRASSES CAP-À-L’AIGLE – WHERE ARCHITECTURE AND NATURE CONNECT
The residential development project Les Terrasses Cap-à-l’Aigle was born from a passion for the great open spaces and natural beauty of the Charlevoix region in 2009. Florent Moser and Alain Rajotte, both entrepreneurs as well as ardent lovers of the region, have created a unique residential development project that unites nature and architecture to provide a haven of peace and rejuvenation for its future owners and tenants.
Montreal, October 5, 2011 – This resort complex situated on the outskirts of the Charlevoix region includes a restaurant, steam bath, sauna, massage areas, hot and cold pools, and many relaxation spaces. These functions are shared among three pavilions articulated around a landscaped area bordering the river. The challenge was to highlight nature and integrate the functions through clean, contemporary architecture that respects the environment.
A unique, ecological housing project creating harmony between nature and architecture
The “Tree House” in Quebec’s Eastern Townships is the first house at Sanctuaire Mont Cathédrale, a unique, deluxe housing project designed to blend into its surroundings by using sustainable materials and technologies.
Front View (Images Courtesy Pierre Leveille)
Architect: Pierre Cabana
Name of the project: Sanctuaire Mont Cathedrale
Location: Grand Lac Brompton, Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada
Article source: Refurbishment and extension of the CRÉVHSL head quarters
This project was recently awarded two prizes: best institutional building of less then 600 square meters and best concept and architectural details from CECO bois, an institution that promotes the use of wood in architectural projects.
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Article source: asensio_mah in collaboration with students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Surface Deep is a new garden recently installed within the entry sequence for the visitors to the Reford Gardens’ Metis International Garden Festival in Quebec, Canada. Supported by the Department of Landscape Architecture, the project’s design was led by Harvard Graduate School of Design lecturers Leire Asensio Villoria and David Syn Chee Mah and developed and fabricated in collaboration with students from the Landscape Architecture and Architecture programs at the Harvard GSD.
Surface Deep
Architect: asensio_mah in collaboration with students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Name of Project: Surface Deep
Location: Quebec, Canada
Team of asensio_mah: Leire Asensio Villoria, David Syn Chee Mah
Students: Somkiet Chokvijtkul (MLA2’12), Daekwon Park(M’Des’12) , Benjamin Winters(MLA1’11), Yuan Zhan(M’Arch2’13), Fred Chung(M’Arch2’11), Troy Vaughn(MLA2’12), Lisl Kotheimer(MLA2’12), Day Jimenez(M’Arch2’11), Mariela Alvarez(M’Arch2’11), Benjamin Tew(M’Des’11), Victor Perezamado(M’Arch1’13) – Harvard Graduate School of Design
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The new building for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec – the museum’s fourth building in an increasingly complicated site, interconnected yet disparate – is a subtly ambitious, even stealthy, addition to the city. Rather than creating an iconic imposition, it forms new links between the park and the city, and brings new coherence to the MNBAQ.
Since the year 2000, the City of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers), Quebec, Canada, is developing a plan to urbanize a site formerly occupied by a paper mill on the banks of the Saint-Laurent and Saint-Maurice rivers. As the development’s masterpiece, the city proposes to build a 10,000-seat outdoor amphitheatre. The site’s exceptional location between the downtown area and the water calls for a landmark building.
Trois-Rivières Amphitheatre - (c) MIR
Location: Avenue des Draveurs, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Recipient of Marcel-Parizeau Award at the 2011 Awards of Excellence in Architecture presented by the Ordre des Architectes du Québec
The clients wished to enlarge their 800sq-ft bungalow by adding a second floor to the existing structure. However, the poor conditions of the foundations quickly proved this option impossible. In turn, the architects studied the possibility to build an extension into the backyard. Two major constraints were to be found: (1) the Municipality forbade to construct higher than the existing roof membrane, and (2) the presence of rock 4-0 ft into the ground which made the construction of a basement very costly. From those limitations, an unconventional and affordable solution was developed: compressing the spaces on numerous split-levels to yield the desired rooms, with a stunning double height dining room and a generous provision of natural light.
YH2 built this house on the slope of a small hill in Cleveland, Québec. This project won jury’s 1st prize, “single-family residential buildings” category, 2011 Awards of Excellence in Architecture, Ordre des architectes du Québec.
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