Article source: Kariouk Associates

Task:

To design a small, very private, four-season cottage

Design Challenge:

In this small, weekend and vacation retreat, the clients and their daughter seek to take refuge from the world. As such, the home is introverted; but the clients also desired that the house achieve a maximum connection to its beautiful, forested, lake-side site. Last, it is important to note that this home is built as a place the clients will keep for their entire lives and then pass on to their daughter; the clients, a couple each involved in art conservation, sought a home whose design would itself be conceived as a vessel for the conservation of the family memories that will unfold here.

Exterior Ravine (Image Courtesy Photolux Studios)

• Architects: Kariouk Associates
• Project: Hill-Maheux Cottage
• Location: Val-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada
• Project dates: 2006-2010
• General Contracter: Timber Wolf (Donald Thom)
• Structural Engineering: The Paterson Group (Zbig Kisilewicz)
• Curtain Wall Supplier: Verval Ltee (Charles-Armand Turpin)
• Geotechnical Consultant: The Paterson Group (Laird Stewart)
• Photography: Photolux Studios (Christian Lalonde)
• Software used: AutoCAD and PhotoShop

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