91·0 号住宅丨加拿大丨Omer Arbel

Architects:Omer Arbel

Area:300m²

Year:2024

Photographs:Ema Peter

Manufacturers:Bocci

Lead Architect:Omer Arbel

Structural Consultants:Fast + Epp Structural Engineers

Engineering & Consulting:Geopacific Consultants Ltd

Category:Residential Architecture,Houses

Project Team Leader:Mark Dennis

Design Team:Kevin Isherwood, Jaedan Leimert, Tyler Wied, Christa Clay, Steve Fassezke, Jay MacDonnell, Glenn Muxlow, Jason Murphy, Thomas Nichini, Jess Sarber, Deagan McDonald, Johann Tarves

General Contractor :Treeline Construction

Country:Canada

Text description provided by the architects. 91.0 is a house on a forested waterfront lot in the Gulf Island archipelago of the Canadian Pacific Northwest.

The house is a suspended bridge between two naturally occurring rocky ridges, spanning over a sunken fern gully. The experience of entry begins as a path through the forest, with a discreet entrance into the house volume set into the earth. From there, as the visitor traverses the length of the house, the experience changes dramatically to that of being suspended high within the tree canopy and ends with arrival on solid ground again, but this time on the west-facing beach, with the strong presence of the Pacific Ocean.

The plan is organized in two bands of programs, with the intention of allowing the house to expand and contract depending on the number of inhabitants. The main wing is designed for the owners (a couple): kitchen, living room, utility spaces, and a suspended bedroom. A second wing, which can be opened or closed selectively for family or guests, provides two additional bedrooms and a bunk room.

The house is clad in heavy cedar blocks, which receive an aggressive sandblasted finish, accentuating the grain of the wood and giving it an almost geological quality.

It is anticipated that over the next 100 years, rising sea levels due to climate change will flood the Fern Gully, giving the project an entirely different reading and character.

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