Living on one level
The owners plan to occupy the house
for their retirement and wanted all
their main living areas accessible
on the ground floor, without stairs,
including the master bedroom. Their
guests and family would have the
lower level to themselves.
ESPACE VITALs team imagined a
house that takes advantage of the
natural grade of the site which
allowed the owners to occupy the
same level as the entrance. This floor
houses the main living areas (the
living room, the dining room and the
kitchen, all in an open layout) as well
as the master bedroom (a generous
space that also includes a walk-in
closet and an in-suite bathroom). All
those spaces feature floor to ceiling
windows. Also fully glazed because of
the slope, the lower level houses two
guest rooms, a full bathroom, a living
room and a gym. Everywhere in the
house, circulation is fluid and space is
optimized by avoiding long corridors.
On the inside as well as on the outside,
wood was favored to bring warmth to
the clean lines.
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