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Rendered view of a three story rectangular house, wood slats with white punched openings, located in the forest with the front cantilevered off the ground.

Two Houses

Ingonish, Nova Scotia
 

A developer approached our studio to design houses on-spec for a striking wooded site on the coast of Nova Scotia.  We developed two proposals: one that engages the cliffside overlooking the Atlantic, and one sited inland surrounded by forest. 

Rendered view of a three story rectangular house, wood slats with white punched openings, located in the forest.
Rendered view of a three story rectangular house, wood slats with white punched openings, located in the forest with the front cantilevered off the ground.
Rendered view of a 2 story house built into a cliff. Concrete lower level cut into the rock face with the wooden second story sitting above.

The houses, composed of cast-in-place concrete and folding planes of vertical cedar, reimagine the cabin in the woods at a grander scale. Wood screens, punched openings, and voids cut from the overall volume make up richly layered building skins that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior spaces.

Rendered view of a 2 story house built into a cliff. Concrete lower level cut into the rock face with the wooden second story sitting above.
Rendered view of a 2 story house built into a cliff. Concrete lower level cut into the rock face with the wooden second story sitting above.