GH3 Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
A photographer’s studio over a boathouse on Stony Lake is a re-imagination of the archetypal glass house in a landscape in the Canadian Shield.
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
The program envisions a building as north–facing window: a photographer’s live/work studio and film location that is continuously bathed in diffuse and undiminished natural light. The transparent facade—a curtain wall glazed in low-iron glass—becomes the essential element in a photographic apparatus to produce images unobtainable in a conventional studio.
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
The compact glass form sits at the water’s edge on a granite plinth whose matte black facade dematerializes to suspend the building, lantern-like, on the site. The granite’s thermal mass exploits the abundant solar input, eliminating the need for active systems on winter days, while the lakefront site allows the use of a deep-water exchange to heat and cool the building year–round through radiant slabs and recessed perimeter louvers at the floor and ceiling.
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Larry Williams Click above image to view slideshow |
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boathouse floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
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site & ground floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
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mezzanne & reflected celing floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
From the outset, the goal was to accommodate the client’s needs within a small footprint. Domestic functions are integrated into a furniture-like mezzanine assembly suspended above the main space, where bedroom, bathroom and closet are coextensive, and sliding fritted glass allows the whole to be concealed from the rest of the space.
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east elevation--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
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north elevation--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
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south elevation--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
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west elevation--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
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north - south section--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
Set to be built in the spring of 2010, a lightweight aluminium curvilinear structure guarded by low-iron glass will be constructed at level with the house. This freestanding structure will serve as an outdoor living platform.
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detail section--drawing © Courtesy of GH3 Architects Click above image to view slideshow |
The people
Architects: GH3 ArchitectsLocation: Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Principal in Charge: Pat Hanson
Project Team: Deni Papetti, Walter Bettio, Diana Gerrard, Raymond Chow
Structural: Blackwell Bowick
Mechanical: Patrick Lam
Construction manager: Jim Thompson
Project Area: 167 sqm
Construction Year: 2007
Photographs: Larry Williams
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