Residential
For some time now, we have been interested in ex-ploring the interface between landscape and architec-ture; between nature and building. In a postmodern world of dislocation, the use of landscape and to-pography as form-generator is a particularly cogent means to establish a sense of “poetic belonging”. A rocky, southwest facing, steeply sloping waterfront site was an ideal source of inspiration to create a residence which explores this dialectical tension. The residence is massed in three forms which appear to cascade toward the waterfront. The spaces between the forms, expressed as “slip-planes” recall the rock formations on the craggy Burrard Inlet shoreline. The juxtaposition of forms is loose and geometries are non-orthogonal and sympathetic to the site configu-ration. The home is programmed around a series of outdoor spaces with the upper entertainment level oriented to the entry water garden, the mid-level family and master bedroom level oriented to a private garden and water terrace and hot tub, and the lower bedroom and gymnasium level oriented to the out-door pool deck. The materials are exposed concrete, structural glass and wood transfer screens. The roof decks are finished in pre-cast concrete.
- client :: Confidential
- date :: June, 2007
- location :: West Vancouver, BC. Canada
- size :: 7,500 sq ft
- team :: Arno Matis, Waqar Aziz, Rojas Pablo, Graham Barron
