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La Colombière in Sutton, Canada by YH2 Architecture

Project name:
La Colombière
Architecture firm:
YH2 Architecture
Location:
Sutton, Quebec, Canada
Photography:
Francis Pelletier, Loukas Yiacouvakis
Built area:
120 m²
Design year:
2013
Completion year:
2014
Status:
Built
Typology:
Residential › Houses › Cottage

YH2 Architecture: Initially built as a small storage space by the first owner who was a lumberman, the shed was later rearranged into a forest refuge by its next owners. La Colombière (Dovery) thus represents the completion and third phase of this simple one-storey construction into a true retreat expanding on three floors.

In an attempt to preserve the surrounding nature, the footprint of the building remained untouched. This new phase inspired itself from the natural growth of trees. The link of the tree/house to the soil remains the same while growing vertically and developing an aerial volume reminiscent of tree canopies.

image © Loukas Yiacouvakis

By following such principles, the extension was done without any trees being cut or heavy machinery, which could have spoiled the natural environment offered by the forest. Recalling the bark of the tall surrounding conifer, the exterior volume is covered in dark cedar. 

image © Loukas Yiacouvakis

La Colombière’s vertiginous interior is a space painted all in white. Materials and structure of the previous phase are kept and uninterrupted so that the addition acts as an extension rather than an insertion.

image © Francis Pelletier

On the ground floor, a simple space with exposed structure offers a direct link between rooms and towards the forest’s soil. On the upper floors, each room opens into a vast vertical shaft punctured by an ultra-light stairwell, an aerial structure. On the last floor, an exterior covered terrace acts as white perch from where one can admire the surroundings.

La Colombière is a refuge perched in the forest reminding us of bird huts.

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Loukas Yiacouvakis

image © Francis Pelletier

image © Loukas Yiacouvakis

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Site plan 

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Elevations 

East & West Elevations 

Elevations drawings

North & South Elevations 

3d interior rendering view

3D Interior 

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By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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